{"product_id":"operation-pedro-pan-the-untold-exodus-of-14-048-cuban-children","title":"Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Exodus of 14,048 Cuban Children","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoignant stories from one of\u003cbr\u003ethe world's largest political exoduses of children \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the first\u003cbr\u003eedition: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Compelling\u003cbr\u003ereading.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A collection\u003cbr\u003eof tearful testimonies woven with a tale of the event that unfolded in Cuba and\u003cbr\u003eled desperate parents to make the heart-wrenching decision to send their\u003cbr\u003echildren along to a foreign country.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Conde]\u003cbr\u003edoes an impressive job of reporting dozens of personal stories and fascinating\u003cbr\u003evignettes. . . . A compilation of tales, some moving, many astonishing.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago\u003cbr\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A\u003cbr\u003ewell-researched history of Operation Pedro Pan, a portrait of early\u003cbr\u003erevolutionary Cuba and a compendium of testimony from the now-grown children.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers\u003cbr\u003eWeekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The\u003cbr\u003ebook's primary value lies in the individual stories, from tearful departure and\u003cbr\u003earrival in Miami to temporary shelters and placement in homes or, in some\u003cbr\u003ecases, in orphanages; to learning a new language and adjusting and, in many\u003cbr\u003ecases, assimilating; to reunions with parents, adolescence in the '60s and '70s, \u003cbr\u003eand adulthood.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Conde\u003cbr\u003edoes an excellent job of narrating the essential outline of the history of\u003cbr\u003eOperation Pedro Pan, and an equally superb job of analyzing the circumstances\u003cbr\u003ethat created this exodus, from the viewpoint of those who felt compelled to\u003cbr\u003ecreate it and keep it going. . . . \u003ci\u003eOperation\u003cbr\u003ePedro Pan\u003c\/i\u003e is . . . as much a primary source as it is a work of history, as\u003cbr\u003emuch a window onto a mentality as it is a guide to events, names, and\u003cbr\u003einstitutions.\"--\u003cb\u003eCarlos M. N. Eire, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHispanic\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating\u003cbr\u003eis the least one can say about this book. It's the story of thousands of Cuban children\u003cbr\u003ewho wouldn't grow up under communism and were sent by their parents to the never-never\u003cbr\u003eland of America. Some of them lived happily ever after because this version of\u003cbr\u003ePeter Pan is a tragedy with a happy ending sometimes. Fidel Castro, by the way, \u003cbr\u003eplays a very credible Captain Hook.\"--\u003cb\u003eGuillermo\u003cbr\u003eCabrera Infante\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e, Cervantes Prize‒winning\u003cbr\u003enovelist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn\u003cbr\u003eAugust 11, 1961, at the age of ten, Yvonne Conde left Cuba in one of the world's\u003cbr\u003elargest political exoduses of children in history--Operation Pedro Pan. Between\u003cbr\u003e1960 and 1962 over 14,000 children were sent out of Cuba alone by desperate\u003cbr\u003eparents who feared for their children's future under Castro. Unlike Peter Pan, \u003cbr\u003ehowever, these children continued to grow up even while separated from their\u003cbr\u003efamilies.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the children arrived in temporary camps in Miami, \u003cbr\u003evolunteers such as Father Bryan O. Walsh helped them find new homes across the\u003cbr\u003ecountry. Conde tracked down hundreds of these children to tell their diverse\u003cbr\u003estories--their uplifting, poignant, and sometimes tragic experiences in American\u003cbr\u003efoster homes and orphanages. Because Conde herself was a Pedro Pan child, \u003cbr\u003eothers have opened up to her like never before to share their feelings about\u003cbr\u003ethis painful time in their lives. Today, these children and their families\u003cbr\u003estruggle to heal the emotional scars of their long separation.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this edition, with a new prologue, Conde looks\u003cbr\u003eback on Operation Pedro Pan from the vantage point of six decades and brings\u003cbr\u003ereaders up to date on events and discoveries since the groundbreaking first publication\u003cbr\u003eof this book in 1999. Writing with compassion and rare insight, Conde uncovers\u003cbr\u003ethe true tales of a little-known episode of the Cold War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15933809\"\u003eYvonne M. 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