Let the Bastards Go: From Cuba to Freedom on God's Mercy - Couverture rigide

Doss, Joe Morris

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0807128546 ISBN 13 : 9780807128541

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 moving 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. Hispanic parishioners at Grace Episcopal Church in New Orleans told Doss and Frade of their friends' and relatives' dire situation in Cuba and pleaded for assistance. Doss describes how he and Frade purchased an old World War II submarine chaser they renamed God's Mercy, engaged in delicate diplomacy at the highest level of Cuban authority, and ultimately ran an American Coast Guard blockade to reach Mariel. Throughout his riveting narrative, Doss intersperses compelling portraits of many of the participants and pilgrims, revealing the human faces behind the historic expedition. Doss originally wrote Let the Bastards Go - the title echoes a Cuban anti-emigre slogan - in 1984, and Walker Percy provided a foreword. He decided against publishing it then, however, fearing that the wounds within the Cuban American community were too fresh. Nearly twenty years later, both Doss and Frade - now Bishop of Miami - agree that enough time has passed. The inspiring story of God's Mercy can, and should, finally be told.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joe Morris Doss, retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, was rector of Grace Episcopal Church in New Orleans from 1971 to 1985. The author of The Death Penalty, The Songs of the Mothers, and the play Earnest, he lives in Mandeville, Louisiana.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807128546
• ISBN 13: 9780807128541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
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