Cuba Libre

First edition
Author	Elmore Leonard
Cover artist	Chip Kidd (designer)
Language	English
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1998
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Preceded by	Riding the Rap
Followed by	Pagan Babies

Cuba Libre is a 1998 historical novel written by Elmore Leonard. The story takes place in 1898, immediately before the outbreak of the Spanish–American War.^[1][2]

Ben Tyler, a cowboy and sometime bank robber, is released from prison and is recruited by his old boss to ship a string of horses to a rich American sugar baron in Cuba. Their ship arrives in Havana harbor shortly after the explosive destruction of the warship USS Maine, amid rumors that war between Spain and the United States of America is imminent.

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