marlon brando, a rebel with a cause sort of thing. meanwhile fidel is having a blast, hanging out with earnest helmingway there. and this period, 1959, it's winding down now, in case you're wondering, it's sort of like the final period. it's what i call the honey moon of the revolution. john paul s said it but i steel that. it's a time everyone loved fidel. and cha. and the barboodos were heroes in the united states as well. in april fidel and the gang were invited up to the american society of editors. they all fly up and they're very popular here. when they go to new york they're mobbed. there's like 20,000 people to meet them at pen station. fidel is carried on the shoulders to his hotel. he goes and climbs the empire state building, and goes to the bronx zoo, he gives a speech to 20,000 people in central park. again, all of the press coverage is all about him. that reincarnatation of one of the founding fathers. it's as if americans were recognizing their own better selves. you know. this sort of sense of a small group who manage