Cuba Lost and FoundFrom 1990 to 2000, the Hispanic population increased nearly 60 percent and is one of the nation's largest minority group In 1962, eleven--year--old Edward Neyra left his homeland of Cuba as part of a secret operation that relocated 14,000 children to the United States before the Cuban Missile Crisis. In Cuba: Lost and Found, he tells the dramatic story of his life before the Revolution, from his carefree early years in the city of Cardenas and Varado Beach through his struggles to find a place in his new country, to his hard--won achievement of the American Dream. This engaging Horatio Alger story limns a life well lived. |
Contents
Caught in the Crossfire | 1 |
Te Quiero Adiós | 7 |
Los Neyras No Lloran | 11 |
Operación Pedro Pan | 13 |
Miami Layover | 17 |
Mi Vida Cubana | 20 |
My Favorite Playmate | 26 |
La Familia | 29 |
Una Reunión Cubana | 209 |
Resolver | 218 |
Absolution | 228 |
Redemption | 238 |
Whats Happening Ed? | 245 |
The Grave | 250 |
Desperado | 259 |
Amistad | 262 |
Varadero Beach | 42 |
La Revolución | 48 |
The Revolution Within | 54 |
The Waiting Game | 60 |
Gusanos | 71 |
Acclimation | 77 |
Caribbean Crisis | 82 |
New Kid in Town | 86 |
Assimilation | 91 |
Guardian Angels | 95 |
Torn at the Seams | 108 |
Cuba in Cincinnati | 115 |
Eddie No Home | 124 |
Memories of My Mentor | 131 |
On My Own | 138 |
The Thrill Seekers | 141 |
Captivated | 150 |
Building the American Dream | 155 |
Treading Water | 162 |
Living the Dream | 167 |
Life is Beautiful | 172 |
Tear Down the Wall | 178 |
Behind the Iron Curtain | 184 |
Only in America | 188 |
Pride Goeth Before a Fall | 192 |
Facing the Fear | 198 |
Bienvenidos | 203 |
Centering | 271 |
Smell of Home | 275 |
Full Circle | 281 |
Proud Past | 288 |
Historic Havana | 295 |
Emotional Contract | 300 |
A Royal Palm Welcome | 306 |
Marquesa Melba | 310 |
Homeward Bound | 316 |
Emotional Embargo | 323 |
Family Pride | 330 |
Reconstruction | 335 |
Beach Bums | 339 |
Castaways | 346 |
Natural Son | 355 |
Spanish Treasure | 364 |
Vamos | 375 |
Legacy | 385 |
White Sand Black Market | 397 |
Cuba Libre Fuerte | 403 |
Spiritual Spiral | 409 |
Going Home | 412 |
Present Tense | 416 |
Which One Are You? | 426 |
The Ultimate Journey | 429 |
Acknowledgments | 433 |
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