Please join us for the 2022 History Book Festival Closing Address featuring Ada Ferrer, author of Cuba: An American History (Scribner, 2022). Born in Cuba and raised in the United States, Ferrer has been traveling to and conducting research on the island since 1990. Cuba: An American History has won the Pulitzer Prize for History, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History, and the Award for Outstanding Work by a Trade Publisher from the Association of American Publishers. Ferrer will be in conversation with Laurie S. Fulton.
A ticket is required to attend this event. Each ticket includes one general admission seat and a signed, softback copy of Cuba: An American History. Please note that tickets are limited.
The Closing Address is presented by Joe and Debbie Schell.
“Ada Ferrer’s Cuba is a remarkable work of history. Covering more than five centuries and much of the Atlantic world, Cuba is also deeply thoughtful and highly personal in a way that truly enriches it. Imaginatively conceived and beautifully written, Cuba tells complex human stories in riveting ways and challenges our understanding of an island whose history has shaped — and will continue to shape — the Americas. Cuba is An American History in the fullest sense.” — Steven Hahn, historian and professor
“The role of such forces as colonialism and capitalism, nationalism and imperialism, slavery, race, and socialism . . . in the shaping of the Cuban past has long been contested terrain. Traversing it demands sober judgement and a steady hand. Fortunately for her readers, Ada Ferrer possesses both in abundance. Hers is a balanced, revelatory, and thoroughly enjoyable exploration of the complex history of this endlessly fascinating country and its relationship with its powerful neighbor. This elegantly written book is as much the history of a country that, for far too many Americans, remains exotic and enigmatic, as it is a surprisingly revealing history of the United States itself, viewed through a lens ninety miles away.” — Henry Louis Gates Jr., literary critic, historian, and filmmaker
About the Festival
With the help of our presenting sponsors—Delaware Humanities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices I Gallo Realty—as well as our community partners and volunteers, the 2022 History Book Festival will be full of great discussions with authors of newly published narrative nonfiction and historical fiction. Our Keynote Address is presented by Dogfish Head and our Closing Address is presented by Joe and Debbie Schell.
Special thanks to Lewes Public Library for assistance with event promotion and venue; to Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, our official bookseller; and to the Cape Gazette, our media partner.
