Cuba Lost and Found

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Clerisy Press, Sep 29, 2010 - History - 448 pages
From 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.
 

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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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