William Craig, a Staples graduate and award winning journalist, will be speaking about his new book
Yankee Come Home
On The Road From San Juan Hill to Guantanamo
at Barnes and Noble, Westport, Friday December 14th at 7P.M.
Craig made a pilgrimage to Cuba hoping to understand why America abandoned its revolutionary ideals for overseas conquests in the Spanish American War.
The Boston Globe describes Yankee Come Home: as "A wonder-filled act of excavation" that will open readers' eyes to Cuban history - and make us take a second look at our own. Combining an investigator's eye with academic research (Publishers Weekly),