JOHN R AUSTIN

2406 Meadowlark Lane

Pueblo, Co. 81008
(719) 924-8153
gator1965@comcast.net

XYZ Literary Agency

000 Broadway
New York City, NY
Attn: _____

Subject: Query for Narrative Nonfiction Book: Havana Harvest…When Cuba Was Naughty!

Due to Castro’s revolution brewing in the mountains in late 1958 Havana, our visiting Key West
high school basketball team is forced to bunk in the city of Havana rather than on the Cuban
school campus; this change of venue sets in motion a series of events that propel the young
players headlong into an adventurous, bawdy, humorous and sometimes dangerous quest and
over a momentous threshold.

There are ten of us on the team from Mary Immaculate High School; ranging in ages 15 to 18
years. This trip to play ball in Havana is our second ferry trip across the 90 mile stretch of ocean
to the island country. The team consists of native born Key West Conchs, Cubans with family in
Cuba and Navy dependent children. Diverse personalities destined to experience a common
awakening in a wide open country where anything goes. Down twisting, turning alleyways
ablaze with buildings of bright pastel pinks, blues and oranges; into and out of copious clubs,
where, for the price, anything was yours regardless of age; being hoodwinked into a Castro
camp; going from the sleaziest to the swankiest bordellos just dripping with plush, creamy,
young, dark-eyed beauties with points jutting out high. Raging hormones racing through bodies
racing through Havana streets in search of the coveted status: “un-virgin-hood.” The one that
snitches on the rest to the Nuns back at school sets up another confrontation that further surprises
toward the end of this road of discovery in Havana Harvest…When Cuba was Naughty!
(Approximately 53,000 words).

I wrote my master’s thesis titled: A Methods Analysis of the Air Force Engineering Management
System of Total Programming and achieved limited publication within the Air Force engineering
community for instructional purposes. In high school I wrote and delivered a state-level, award-
winning, American Legion-sponsored speech titled The Constitution---Ours to Defend.

Thanks for your time in considering this query. May I send you a formal proposal?

Sincerely,

John R. Austin