
The Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children In The U.s., And The Promise Of A Better Future
From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead to America. Torres examines the event from both a historical and a personal perspective. This...
Paperback: 344 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press (August 15, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080700233X
ISBN-13: 978-0807002339
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1408095
Format: PDF ePub djvu book
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“As a Pedro Pan myself I lived this story. Maria Torres's book, however, brought it back home with new insights. Well researched, "The Lost Apple" describes a part of American/Cuban history that has been ignored for too long. As relations between the...”
'relentless investigator of history' (Miami Herald) forces declassification of key documents, challenging us all finally to come to terms with this pivotal yet largely neglected exodus.
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