A Cuban Refugee's Journey to the American Dream: The Power of Education

by Gerardo M Gonzalez and Gerardo M. Gonzalez

Book Overview

In February 1962, three years into Fidel Castro's rule of their Cuban homeland, the Gonz lez family--an auto mechanic, his wife, and two young children--landed in Miami with a few personal possessions and two bottles of Cuban rum. As his parents struggled to find work, eleven-year-old Gerardo struggled to fit in at school, where a teacher intimidated him and school authorities placed him on a vocational track. Inspired by a close friend, Gerardo...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253035554
• ISBN13: 9780253035554
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Well House Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher