num_pages: 344
description: From 1960 to 1962, 14,048 Cuban minors arrived in Miami. María de los Angeles Torres was six years old when she took part in this massive airlift-now known as Operation Pedro Pan-in which parents, terrified that the new communist government would ship their children to Soviet work camps, sent them instead to America. Torres examines the event from both a historical and a personal perspective. This 'relentless investigator of history' (Miami Herald) forces declassification of key documents, challenging us all finally to come to terms with this pivotal yet largely neglected exodus.
language: English
title: The Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
titlecomplete: The Lost Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a Better Future
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Beacon Press