01585cam a2200301 4500 339263376 TxAuBib 20111010120000.0 100407s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010013790 9781594202582 1594202583 (OCoLC)466335741 TxAuBib Rathbone, John Paul. The Sugar King of Havana : The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon / John Paul Rathbone. New York : Penguin Press, 2010. 304 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-292) and index. A triste tropical tryst -- The betrayal of José Martí -- A sense of home -- Sugar rush -- Death in the morning -- A talent for speculation -- The emerald way -- Sun, sea & shootings -- Imperial affairs -- At the altar -- Crepúsculo. In this dual history of a man and a nation, Financial Times journalist John Paul Rathbone uses the stranger-than-fiction story of Julio Lobo, a Cuban sugar magnate who controlled the world sugar market throughout much of the first half of the 20th century, to reveal the luxuries enjoyed by the elite class in pre-revolutionary Cuba. 20101029. Lobo, Julio 1898-1983. Sugar trade Cuba History 20th century. Businessmen Cuba Biography. Cuba History 1895- ALEML