Let the Bastards Go
Subtitle: From Cuba to Freedom on God's Mercy
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780807128541
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Biography: general; Immigration & emigration; History - General History; Church work with refugees; United States - 20th Century; History: World; Cuba; USA; Caribbean & West Indies - General; Christian Theology - General; Frade, Leo; Christianity - Theology - General; 20th century; Doss, Joe Morris; History; Mariel Boatlift, 1980; United States
First sentence: "Throw me something, mister!" I shouted out the ritual plea as my two-year-old daughter, perched on my shoulders, strained forward and waved her hands.
Description: "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.