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Leaving Glorytown : one boy's struggle under Castro / Eduardo F. Calcines.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 221 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0374343942
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.9106/4/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • CT518.C35 C35 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Coming to Glorytown -- The revolution -- The Bay of Pigs -- Our last noche buena -- More changes -- Stories to ease the pain -- T�io William's arrest -- 149901 -- Gusanos -- Remember the Lord -- More goodbyes -- Panetelas de Vainilla -- The ashes of spring -- La Natividad -- Nguyen Van Troy -- Papa's homecoming -- Se�nora Santana -- A taste of freedom -- Planning to escape -- Flight to freedom.
Summary: The author reflects on his childhood growing up in 1960s Cuba, discussing how his family was treated for applying for an exit visa to the United States, his fears of being drafted into the Army, the conditions of his poor neighborhood, and more.
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Coming to Glorytown -- The revolution -- The Bay of Pigs -- Our last noche buena -- More changes -- Stories to ease the pain -- T�io William's arrest -- 149901 -- Gusanos -- Remember the Lord -- More goodbyes -- Panetelas de Vainilla -- The ashes of spring -- La Natividad -- Nguyen Van Troy -- Papa's homecoming -- Se�nora Santana -- A taste of freedom -- Planning to escape -- Flight to freedom.

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The author reflects on his childhood growing up in 1960s Cuba, discussing how his family was treated for applying for an exit visa to the United States, his fears of being drafted into the Army, the conditions of his poor neighborhood, and more.

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