With a Diamond in My Shoe: A Philosopher's Search for Identity in America

by Jorge J E Gracia

In 1961, at the age of nineteen, Jorge J. E. Gracia escaped from the island of Cuba by passing himself off as a Catholic seminarian. He arrived in the United States with just a few spare belongings and his mother's diamond ring secured in a hole in one of his shoes. With a Diamond in My Shoe tells the story of Gracia's quest for identity--from his early years in Cuba and as a refugee in Miami to his formative role in institutionalizing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438477279
• ISBN13: 9781438477275
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"