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Let the bastards go : from Cuba to freedom on God's Mercy

Title
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.
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2003.

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Description
xvii, 279 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Doss, Joe Morris
  • Frade, Leo
  • Church work with refugees > United States > History > 20th century
  • Mariel Boatlift, 1980
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.
Call Number
JFE 03-4573
ISBN
0807128546 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2002013427
OCLC
50503503
Author
Doss, Joe Morris.
Title
Let the bastards go : from Cuba to freedom on God's Mercy / Joe Morris Doss ; with a foreword by Walker Percy.
Imprint
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2003.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-4573
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