Cuba, America and the Sea: The Story of the Immigrant Boat Analuisa and 500 Years of History Between Cuba and America by Eric P. Roorda (Mystic Seaport, 2006, l 72pp, illus, notes, index, ISBN 0-0-939510-98-7 ; $39 .95hc) Dr. Eric Paul Roorda, co-director of the Munson Maritime History Institute at Mystic Seaport and Associate Professor of History and Political Science at Bellarmine University, uses rhe story of rhe twenty-foot C uban fishing vessel Analuisa to explain rhe maritime relationship between Cuba and the United Stares. The small vessel played a part in one of the many waves of Cubans attempting to escape their homeland in the 1990s. The boar itself is now part of an exh ibit at Mystic Seaport. This small, well-illustrated work is a very good introduction to the complex maritime relationship between Cuba and the United States. In each chapter Roorda gives a solid overview of the subj ects he tackles, from rhe early people of the island to the boar lifts. If there are any misgivings about the book, they would be relegated to the chapter rhar deals with rhe boar lifts. Splitting this section into two chapters, one on immigration before the boar lifts and one afterwards, would allow more space for information on the boat lifts and the ordeals of rhe people who tried to make rhe ninety-mile sea passage from C uba to the United States. Moreover, such a change might better show rhe political machinations raking place from the 1980s to the present concerning rhe balseros (rafters). This one criticism aside, Roorda's is a very well-written short introduction to an imporram aspect of maritime history and a must-read for anyone who is beginning studies on Cuba. DR D ENNIS L. NOBLE Sequim, Washington
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