Sugar Baron: Manuel Rionda and the Fortunes of Pre-Castro Cuba by Muriel McAvoy-Weissman (Contoocook, NH: YBP Library Services, 2003.)Sugar Baron takes us on a journey through the rise of Manuel Rionda and the establishment of the Cuba Sugar Cane Corporation as well as the history and economics surrounding the relations between the Cuban and United States sugar trade.
The author, Muriel McAvoy-Weissman, a resident of Concord, and a patron of the NH State Library, passed away last Tuesday.
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