| Introduction | |
| Havana, 1859 | 1 |
| Havana, 1859 | 27 |
| Havana, 1868 | 49 |
| Havana, 1899 | 63 |
| Havana, 1922 | 71 |
| Havana nights and Cuban color lines, 1930 | 80 |
| Havana, 1934: Summer with El Hemingway | 92 |
| Havana and beyond, 1940: Blinded by the Light | 111 |
| Havana, late 1940s: Carnival | 123 |
| Havana and the Finca Vigia, 1957: Visiting Hemingway and one-fourth of James Bond | 134 |
| Havana and Santiago de Cuba, 1957 | 147 |
| Havana, 1958: Out on the town with the mob | 158 |
| Havana, 1950-1959: Baseball, Batista, and the Bearded Ones | 175 |
| Train to Oriente, July 26, 1960: A la Sierra con Fidel! | 192 |
| Havana, 1974: Around town with Fidel | 212 |
| Havana, 1977: Welcome, tourists! | 245 |
| Train Number One: Havana to Santiago and Guantanamo Bay, 1980s | 263 |
| Havana and the Finca Vigia, 1985 | 277 |
| Santiago and beyond, 1987 | 304 |
| At the beach, Santa Maria and Varadero, 1987 | 319 |
| Havana, 1990s: The babalawo and the birds | 345 |
| Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, and the Bay of Pigs, 1990 | 354 |
| Holguin, Santiago, Havana, and the beach, 1987-1992 | 373 |