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Subject(s)

• Church work with refugees—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Mariel Boatlift, 1980 [Browse]
• Doss, Joe Morris [Browse]
• Frade, Leo [Browse]

Summary note

"When Fidel Castro opened the Cuban port at Mariel on April 23, 1980, two Episcopal parish priests in New Orleans found themselves thrust into the unlikely role of rescuers. Risking arrest and their personal safety, Father Joe Morris Doss and Father Leo Frade defied both Cuban and American governments to deliver over four hundred emigres to freedom. A memoir with the suspense and intrigue of a political thriller, Let the Bastards Go recounts how two seemingly ordinary men - bolstered by their faith - led an extraordinary mission."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

• The parade
• On the streets
• Freedom flights
• Behind the political scenes
• Barriers
• The people!
• Decision
• Repudiations
• Going
• Propaganda
• The last flight
• The meeting at Tamiami Park
• Negotiations
• Commando priests
• The rubicon
• The cigar maker
• Storm clouds
• Marlene
• Samson and God's Mercy
• Yamil
• Going anyway
• The leper
• On board God's Mercy
• Casting off
• At sea
• Running the blockade
• Mariel
• Difficult decisions
• The dockworker
• Youth
• The guests of the Triton Hotel
• Ready or not
• Designs
• Growing anxiety
• A family story
• The camp at Mosquito
• Desperate actions
• A time to go
• Voyage home
• Appendix: The passengers of God's Mercy.

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ISBN

• 0807128546 ((alk. paper))
• 9780807128541 ((alk. paper))

LCCN

2002013427

OCLC

50503503

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