{"product_id":"2940170579563","title":"Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro, showing how an unlikely young Cuban led his country in revolution and transfixed the world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook will change how you think about Fidel Castro. Until now, biographers have treated Castro's life like prosecutors, scouring his past for evidence to convict a person they don't like or don't understand. This can make for bad history and unsatisfying biography. \u003ci\u003eYoung Castro\u003c\/i\u003e challenges listeners to put aside the caricature of a bearded, cigar-munching, anti-American hot head to discover how Castro became the dictator who acted as a thorn in the side of U.S. presidents for nearly half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first American historian in a generation to gain access to the Castro archives in Havana, Jonathan Hansen was able to secure cooperation from Castro's family and closest confidants, gaining access to hundreds of never-before-seen letters and interviews. The result is a nuanced and penetrating portrait of a figure who was determined to be a leaderamp;mdash;a man at once brilliant, arrogant, bold, vulnerable, and all too human. A man who, having grown up on an island that felt like a colonial cage, was compelled to lead his country to independence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47160906186992,"sku":"2940170579563","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170579563_p0.jpg?v=1763713324","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170579563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}