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Author Goldman, Francisco.

Title The ordinary seaman / Francisco Goldman.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Grove Press, c1997.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 G5685o 1997a    ---  Available
Description 386 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. 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. By the author of The long night of the white chickens.
Subject Nicaraguans -- New York (State) -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Sailors -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
ISBN 080213548X (pbk.)

 
    
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