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The Lost Apple the Lost Apple : Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
by Maria Torres
Overview
From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. Mar a 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 '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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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780807002339
- ISBN-10: 080700233X
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- Publish Date: August 2004
- Dimensions: 8.57 x 5.6 x 0.84 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.99 pounds
- Page Count: 335
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