planetary Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 In Rob's thread on the challenges newcomers to habanos face, Orion made an interesting point: In my experience to truly appreciate how amazing Cuban cigars are you have to research the history. The more you know about past history and how Cuban cigars of been rolled basically the same way for so many decades you come to appreciate the final product just that much more. ...which raises a question: what books and sources for learning the history of Cuba and its cigars would the good people of FOH recommend?
Smallclub Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 The Havana Cigar: Cuba's Finest by Charles del Todesco and MRN Encyclopædia of course. 3
planetary Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 Thanks! Both out of print, but the encyclopedia costs an arm and a leg on the used market. Yowza.
Smallclub Posted September 13, 2015 Posted September 13, 2015 Thanks! Both out of print, but the encyclopedia costs an arm and a leg on the used market. Yowza. I'm pretty sure you can find the Ch. del Todesco at Amazon or an other online service. Just make sure you get an english version, the book was initialy written in french.
kuma Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 How about Dieter H. Wirtz's; Davidoff Legend - Myth - Reality Great read with a history time line about Davidoff as a person in Europe developing his passion superimposed over the existing cigar landscape and his relationship with Cuba at a time when Europe and Cuba decide to make huge changes in the way habanos will be sold to the consumer world wide.
Habana Mike Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 The Havana Cigar: Cuba's Finest by Charles del Todesco and MRN Encyclopædia of course. del Todesco's book is the best I've seen on the story of Cuban seed to cigar. Easy to find and fairly inexpensive http://www.amazon.com/The-Havana-Cigar-Cubas-Finest/dp/0789203278 Great pictures too!
planetary Posted September 14, 2015 Author Posted September 14, 2015 Just placed an order for the del Todesco, as well as a couple slightly broader histories: Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar (1947) by Fernando Ortiz [Amazon US link] The Golden Leaf: How Tobacco Shaped Cuba and the Atlantic World (2015) by Charlotte Cosner [Amazon US link]
jholen Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 "The Journey of the Havana Cigar" by Antonio Nunez Jimenez "Havana Cigars (1817-1960)" by Enzo A. Infante
raymond5737 Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Can't wait to get my copy of The Havana Cigar: Cuba's Finest by Charles del Todesco.
Smallclub Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Can't wait to get my copy of The Havana Cigar: Cuba's Finest by Charles del Todesco. You won't regret that purchase. btw, don't take "too seriously" the reviews and pairing suggestions at the end of the book: they were written at a time when the habanos were very different from what they are now... 1
dvickery Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 The story of Havana cigars By Caspar j Garcia Gallo Wilfredo correa Garcia First published in 1959 First English edition 2001 Interesting history of cigars including history of the trade unions in the cigar industry . Also a forward by "comandante" Ernesto Che Guevara ... Makes it special . No pics tho . Derrek
cigcars Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 *I found that Charles del Todesco Havana Cigar Book in 1997 in all its glory for sale at The Junkman's Daughter in Atlanta, and it was priced at its $50 or $60 price. I found the managers and negotiated the price down to about $30! Hahahahahahahah!!! Good for me! And it is sitting with my Min Ron Nee Post Revolution Illustrated Encyclopedia of Havana Cigars with my variety of desk top humidors. And I obtained that valuable, priceless item for $60 due to a group buy special.
cottierm Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 “The World of the Habano” (2012) is the last book I bought on the subject. Very good and cheap the year it was published. http://www.amazon.com/WORLD-HABANO-ESSENTIAL-BOOK-ENTHUSIASTS/dp/B00BNX6GRO Best, Michel
cottierm Posted September 20, 2015 Posted September 20, 2015 For a more complete bibliography, you can have a look at this old post: http://www.friendsofhabanos.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=111555&hl=books Best, Michel
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