The Last American Rebel In Cuba

About the Book

After his four-year hitch in the marines was up in 1957, Richard Sanderlin met another Norfolk, Virginia native, Frank Sturgis, Marine Corps veteran, Army Intelligence Officer, and future Watergate burglar. Richard, and Frank relocated to Miami, Florida where they ran an arms and munition smuggling operation into Cuba, bound for the rebels of Fidel Castro. During the summer of 1958, Richard Sanderlin traveled to the Sierra Maestra Mountains in Oriente Province Cuba, where he trained the rebels of Fidel, and Raul Castro, in military strategy, tactics, weapon handling, and hand to hand fighting. After completing the training of Raul Castro’s Second Front, Richard led a guerrilla band into ten combat operations against the Batista army. This is the story an idealistic young warrior who fought against the tyranny of dictatorship only to be betrayed by a communist conspiracy led by Fidel Castro.

About the Author

Terry Sanderlin is the younger brother of the primary character in the Last American Rebel in Cuba, Richard Sanderlin. Terry brings both a unique and personal view of the Cuban Revolution to each page, and each character presented in this powerful portrayal of drama, political intrigue, and tragedy. As a young boy Terry lived through the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath, as a resident of Miami, Florida, and through the letters, his brother Richard sent from Cuba. Over the years Terry has researched thousands of pages of documents concerning the Cuban Revolution and the involvement of his brother. Terry traveled to Cuba to interview rebel soldiers, who knew his brother when he was a military trainer, and guerrilla warrior in the mountains of Cuba. He also hoped to bring closure to his family concerning the mystery surrounding the death of his brother, in Cuba. Terry Sanderlin is a veteran of the Vietnam War, and has worked as a clinical counselor, and trainer for over thirty years, and holds a doctorate from the University of New Mexico.