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Title Boxeando por Cuba : la historia de un immigrante / Guillermo Vincente Vidal ; traducción de Leyté González Navarro.
Author Vidal, Guillermo Vincente, author.
Publication Info. Golden, Colorado : Fulcrum Publishing, [2013].
Book Cover
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Description 246 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary ""A haunting coming of age story that reads like a Dickensian novel, though. all true."-Helen Thorpe, journalist. Never before released in Spanish, Boxeando por Cuba memorializes Guillermo Vicente Vidal's emigration to America at the behest of his parents, fearful of Fidel Castro's regime. This is his story of overcoming incredible odds"-- Provided by publisher.
"In 1961, fearing the communist rule of Fidel Castro, Guillermo Vicente Vidal's family sent him to America through Operation Peter Pan. He arrived in Colorado and was sent to an orphanage with his brothers, and his family reunited four years later. Fifty years later, he served as Denver's mayor. This is his story of overcoming incredible odds"-- Provided by publisher.
"En 1961, para proteger a sus tre hijos pequeños del caos y la confusión, los padres de Vidal los enviaron a Estados Unidos a través de un programa denominado Operación Peter Pan. Sin embargo, en lugar de ser ubicados en la casa de sus familiares en Miami, los hermanos quedaron confinados en el sombrío y violento Orfelinato Sagrado Corazón en Colorado. La familia finalmente se volvería a reunir casi cuatro años después. A la vez que enfrentaba el choque cultural, las dificultades financieras, el desarraigo familiar, la discriminación y el sinfín de dificultades que acompañan al inmigrante en tierras ajenas, la familia fue forjando lentamente una nueva vida."--P. [4] of cover.
Note In Spanish = En español.
Subject Vidal, Guillermo Vincente.
Cuban Americans -- Colorado -- Biography.
Exiles -- United States -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Mayors -- Colorado -- Denver -- Biography.
Cuba -- Biography.
Denver (Colo.) -- Biography.
Cubano-americanos -- Colorado -- Biografía.
Exiliados -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía.
Inmigrantes -- Estados Unidos -- Biografía.
Alcaldes -- Colorado -- Denver -- Biografía.
Cuba -- Biografía.
Colorado -- Biografía.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
Added Author González Navarro, Leyté, translator
Added Title Boxing for Cuba. Spanish
ISBN 9781555919160 (pbk.) : $19.95
1555919162 (pbk.)