The Flying Fish

Product Reviewthe Best Historical Novel That I Have Read About Contemporary Cuba.Víctor Triay Author Of Bay Of Pigs: An Oral History Of Brigade 2506. The Historical Novel Questions Castro’S Official Historiography On The Bay Of Pigsjuan Antonio Blanco Historian And Political Analyst. The Flying Fish Is The Result Of Twenty-Six Years Of Collaboration Between Professors Eduardo Zayas-Bazán And Robert J. Higgs When Both Were Teaching At East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tn. . This Historical Novel Deals With The Life Of Luis Recio A Young Idealist From The Cuban Upper Class Who Joins The Fight Against The Fulgencio Batista Dictatorship Enlists In Fidel Castro’S Guerilla Band In The Sierra Maestra And With The Triumph Of The Revolution Becomes An Assistant Minister Of Justice In The New Government. . Growing Disenchanted With The Revolution Luis Joins The Underground And Later Participates In The Fateful Bay Of Pigs Invasion. Through The Eyes Of The Protagonist We Witness The Chain Of Events Which Brought Communism To Cuba Sowed The Seeds For The Bay Of Pigs Invasion And Moved The Super Powers To The Brink Of Nuclear Disaster.. About The Authorsdr. Eduardo Zayas-Bazan Is A Native Of Camaguey Cuba. He Has An M.S. In Foreign Language Education From Kansas State Teachers College Emporia Ks And A Doctor In Derecho Degree From Universidad Nacional Jose Marti Havana Cuba. In April Of 1961 Zayas-Bazan Participated In The Bay Of Pigs Invasion Of Cuba As A Frogman. He Was Wounded In His Right Knee Captured And Spent One Year In Prison Before Being Ransomed With Fifty-Nine Other Wounded Prisoners That Needed Urgent Medical Attention In The United States.. Zayas-Bazan Is A Professor Emeritus In Foreign Languages From East Tennessee State University Where He Was Chair Of The Foreign Language Department From 1973 To 1993. Throughout His Notable Career He Has Been The Recipient Of Etsu'S Distinguished Faculty Award; Sigma Delta Pi'S Premio Martel And The Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association'S Jacqueline Elliot Award. Zayas-Bazan Was The First Cuban-American Elected President Of The American Association Of Teachers Of Spanish And Portuguese And Of The National Association Of Cuban-American Educators. . He Has Also Been President Of The Municipality Of Camaguey In Exile Editor Of Its Periodical El Camagueyano Libre And Vice President Of Cuban Cultural Heritage. Professor Zayas-Bazan Was Associate Editor Of Hispania The Journal Of The American Association Of Teachers Of Spanish And Portuguese. In Addition To Writing Numerous Articles In Regional And National Journals He Is The Coauthor Co-Editor And Translator Of Seventeen Books. Two Of His Textbooks Arriba! And Conexiones Published By Prentice Hall Are Being Used At Some 150 Colleges And Universities In The U.S. And Canada. Professor Zayas-Bazan Is Retired And Lives In Miami Florida Since May Of 1999. . Dr. Robert J. (Jack) Higgs Was Born On A Farm In Middle Tennessee. He Attended Vanderbilt University Before Entering The United States Naval Academy Where He Graduated In 1955 With A B.S. Degree. He Entered The U.S. Air Force Specializing In Photo-Radar Inter- Pretation. In 1963 He Resigned His Captain’S Commission To Enter Graduate School At The University Of Tennessee Where In 1967 He Received The Ph.D. In American Literature.After A Year Of Teaching At Eastern Kentucky University He Came To East Tennessee State University Where For Twenty-Seven Years He Taught Courses In American Southern And Appalachian Literature The Literature Of Sports And Great Books. He Has Written Co-Authored Or Co-Edited Twelve Books Including Laurel And Thorn: The Athlete In American Literature (Up Ken- Tucky 1981) Which Was Reprinted In Japanese In 1995 And God In The Stadium: Sport And Religion In America (Kentucky 1995) Which Was Nominated For The Pulitzer Prize.