He sold the nation's largest cigar maker for $128 million in 1988.

His father came to Cincinnati at the age of 20 and was a cigar maker.

Then he became a cigar maker, and later an auctioneer.

Many cigar makers say they were unaware of the tax, which was imposed in July 1989.

After his career in baseball ended, Barkley became a cigar maker.

His father was a cigar maker and his mother a union organizer.

The Lectors were never again reinstated in cigar makers' factories.

Southern Florida is home to numerous cigar makers.

Traditional craft skill was thus devalued and the cigar makers demoralized.

Therefore many illiterate cigar makers were well versed in subjects such as politics, labor, literature and international relations.