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One mans incredible quest for freedom. Persecuted for failing to participate in communist activities in Cuba, Alejandrin attempts to leave the island by boat and is arrested. Awaiting trial he enters the Peruvian Embassy with 10,800 others only to be starved for weeks and attacked by military. After his surrender, Alejandrin is hunted by communist gangs until he reaches America through the port of Mariel. See the search for freedom through the eyes of a Cuban in exile.
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Born in 1950 in a suburb of Havana, Alejandrin was ten years old when Castro took control of the island. After mandatory military service and being denied an education he attempts to escape His island home. A veteran of the peruvian Embassy and Mariel, he now resides in Palm Beach Florida.
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- PublisherR J Gagnon Pub
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0977866238
- ISBN 13 9780977866236
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages181
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: VERY GOOD. N/a (illustrator). 2007. R. J. Gagnon. Signed by author. Softback. Book- VG. 8.5x5.5. 181pp. Alejandrin is a Cuban in exile. Black listed for not participating in communist activities, he seeks refuge in the Peruvian Embassy with 10,800 others. Surrounded by soldiers that cut off their food supply and exposed to the elements, they must survive on tree bark and boiled leaves. The attacks come after sundown in the form of random gunfire, stones and bricks. The choice must be made - surrender or die. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 1562981
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