Description
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.
Author: Maria de Los Angeles Torres
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 08/15/2004
Pages: 335
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.60w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9780807002339
ISBN10: 080700233X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | Cuba
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
Author: Maria de Los Angeles Torres
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 08/15/2004
Pages: 335
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.57h x 5.60w x 0.84d
ISBN13: 9780807002339
ISBN10: 080700233X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | Cuba
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
About the Author
A frequent media commentator on Cuba-U.S. relations, María de los Angeles Torres is associate professor of political science at DePaul University and author of several books, including In the Land of Mirrors: Cuban Exile Politics in the United States. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.