Let the bastards go : from Cuba to freedom on God's Mercy / Joe Morris Doss ; with a foreword by Walker Percy.

Author
Doss, Joe Morris [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2003.
Description
xvii, 279 p. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
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.
ISBN
0807128546 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002013427
OCLC
50503503
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