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The Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
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Book 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... More
Book Information
PublisherBeacon Press
BindingPaperback (3 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages344
ISBN-10080700233X
ISBN-13978-0807002339
Publication Date08/15/2004
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About Maria de los Angeles Torres (Author) : Maria de los Angeles Torres is a published author. Published credits of Maria de los Angeles Torres include The Lost Apple : Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Bette... more
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