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The Lost Apple the Lost Apple|Maria Torres

The Lost Apple the Lost Apple : Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future

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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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  • 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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