| Boxing for Cuba: An Immigrant's Story Contributor(s): Vidal, Guillermo Vicente (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555919103 ISBN-13: 9781555919108 Publisher: Chicago Review Press - Fulcrum OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013003411 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1961, fearing the communist rule of Fidel Castro, Guillermo Vicente Vidal's family sent him to America through Operation Peter Pan. He arrived in Colorado and was sent to an orphanage with his brothers, and his family reunited four years later. Fifty years later, he served as Denver's mayor. This is his story of overcoming incredible odds. |