Charles A. Santos-Buch, a graduate of Harvard College, Cornell University Medical College, and the New York Hospital, is the patriarch of one of the oldest families in the New World, rooted in the eastern lands of Cuba during the first decade of the sixteenth century. In this book he records his family’s journey from its successful campaign against Islam’s occupation of Spain to modern America. Dr. Santos-Buch’s insightful story covers many of the important historical events in Cuba’s history in a different way by illustrating how it affected his family and the destiny of the tragic island.