Abandoned Ones

by Mark S. Hamm

The Cubans who embarked en masse for the U.S. after 1980 were initially welcomed. However, in the wake of media-fueled rumors that Castro was using the exodus to empty prisons, a select group was... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555532306
• ISBN13: 9781555532307
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Northeastern University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

sad and horrifying

This book tells the story of the "un-wanted" Cuban refugees. These refugees were the "wrong" color and the "wrong" class. Unlike the first wave of wealthy and educated Cubans who reached these shores, the "unwanted" were soon to be the "abandoned". No automatic green card for them, no help finding housing, no Medicare - just interminable prison sentences. Would the first wave Cubans who by were by then well connected politically help their poorer "brothers"? No. The abandoned ones were of the despised lower classes and could not hope for attention from the more fortunate. For the unfortunate ones the American dream was an American nightmare.