Cuba Libre (novel)

Cuba Libre
First edition
Author	Elmore Leonard
Cover artist	Chip Kidd (designer)
Language	English
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1998
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Preceded by	Riding the Rap
Followed by	Pagan Babies

Cuba Libre is a 1998 historical novel written by Elmore Leonard. The story takes place in 1898, immediately before the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.^[1]^[2]

Plot summary

Ben Tyler, a cowboy and sometime bank robber, is released from prison and is recruited by his old boss to ship a string of horses to a rich American sugar baron in Cuba. Their ship arrives in Havana harbor shortly after the explosive destruction of the warship USS Maine, amid rumors that war between Spain and the United States of America is imminent.

References

^ The master of the low-lifes: Writing about bums, thugs and mugs, Elmore Leonard basks in late-life success; Portman, Jamie. The Spectator [Hamilton, Ont] 21 Feb 1998.
^ Ripping good reading set in stormy Cuba; Elmore Leonard spins a smooth yarn: Mandel, Charles. Edmonton Journal [Edmonton, Alta] 15 Mar 1998.

v t e Elmore Leonard
Novels	Hombre (1961) The Big Bounce (1969) Swag (1976) Unknown Man No. 89 (1977) The Hunted (1977) City Primeval (1980) Gold Coast (1980) Split Images (1981) LaBrava (1983) Glitz (1985) Killshot (1989) Get Shorty (1990) Maximum Bob (1991) Rum Punch (1992) Pronto (1993) Riding the Rap (1995) Naked Came the Manatee (1996) Out of Sight (1996) Cuba Libre (1998) Pagan Babies (2000) Tishomingo Blues (2002) A Coyote's in the House (2004) The Hot Kid (2005) Road Dogs (2009) Djibouti (2010) Raylan (2012)
Short stories	"Three-Ten to Yuma" (1953)
Screenplays	Joe Kidd (1972) Mr. Majestyk (1974) High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980) Stick (1985) 52 Pick-Up (1986) The Rosary Murders (1987)
Film adaptations	The Tall T (1957) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Hombre (1967) The Big Bounce (1969) The Moonshine War (1970) Valdez Is Coming (1971) The Ambassador (1984) Stick (1985) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Cat Chaser (1989) Get Shorty (1995) Jackie Brown (1997) Last Stand at Saber River (1997) Touch (1997) Out of Sight (1998) The Big Bounce (2004) Be Cool (2005) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Killshot (2008) Freaky Deaky (2012) Life of Crime (2013)
Television adaptations	Maximum Bob (1998) Karen Sisco (2003) Justified (2010–2015) Get Shorty (2017–2019) Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Related	Peter Leonard (son) Raylan Givens (character)

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