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

Name: Lost Apple Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U. S. , and the Promise of a Better Future
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ISBN: 9780807002339

ISBN-10: 080700233X

ISBN-13: 9780807002339

Edition: 2004

Authors: Maria Torres

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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 "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. "Although there are many books by and about the Pedro Pans, The Lost Apple is one of the best. Torres manages…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 8/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction



Children and the Destinies of Nations



The Military Origins of Operation Pedro Pan



The Plan to Save the Children from Communism



Children and the Bay of Pigs Invasion



Parents and the Decision to Send the Children



Rescate de la Ninez: The Aftermath of the Invasion



The Children



Doors Are Shut



Reconstructing Home



Pedro Pans Search for Memory


Conclusions: Rethinking Our Notions of Childhood


Postscript



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Notes


Acknowledgments


Index