An American Tourist in Fidel’s Cuba

by Mark Evan Goldman, Aimee Dansereau M.F.A. (Editor)

Overview

This unique book contains my photos and musings of Cuba in March 2006 when I was an American tourist of passion during a one-month visit from my home in Honolulu, Hawaii. This text is heavily laden with my personal observations of the Cuban people, Cuban society, Cuban transportation, Cuba’s art scene, their children, important destinations to visit in this historic country and my hopes that “Cuba can remain Cuba” without succumbing to the realities of being an isolated agrarian society just 70 miles away from the USA.

This trip occurred during Fidel’s regime however nothing substantial seems to have changed since Raul took over so I use “Castro” interchangeably between Fidel and Raul. Currently, Raul is scheduled to “retire” in 2018 so this book should be fully functional for another 5 years. Along with “other” guidebooks, An American Tourist in Fidel’s Cuba provides a practical and satirical tool for people planning a visit to Cuba.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016738734
Publisher:	Mark Evan Goldman
Publication date:	06/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Until retirement in 2012, Mark Evan Goldman, Ph.D. was a career pharmacologist in academics, industry and government. His 30+-year drug discovery background encompassed senior roles at Merck and Co., Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as well as time at The Sanford|Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla. Dr. Goldman led the Merck Project team that ultimately discovered and developed Efavirenz, a drug used to slow down the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus and is currently used in the HAART protocol. He also participated in understanding mechanism of action of numerous anti-cancer drugs. When Mark wasn’t busy trying to eradicate dangerous diseases, he traded-in his work clothes for khakis, t-shirts, and baseball caps to become a photojournalist. An American Tourist in Fidel ‘s Cuba is his first book, but he is in the midst of a second tome, a book that is fictional and written for the layperson, to express his passion for the field of “pharmacology” (therapeutic drug discovery) research. Mark is an evolving photographer, and loves to capture his observations of the world through candid images. Mark is also an American who is proud to be living in a democracy, but has a curious and adventurous mind that desires to learn about exotic cultures (from China to New York City) and the different perspectives of its peoples. But ultimately, Mark is a family man and at the end of his day, or at the end of his trips to mysterious, new lands, he only wishes for the company of his wife, Cheng-Pei, and his adult daughter, Allison.