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Author Goldman, Francisco.

Title The ordinary seaman / Francisco Goldman.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 G5685o    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 387 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary The hero is Estaban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Estaban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love.
Subject Nicaraguans -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Sailors -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
ISBN 0871136716
080213548X (pbk.)

 
    
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