The lonely crossing of Juan Cabrera / by J. Joaquín Fraxedas.

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The lonely crossing of Juan Cabrera / by J. Joaquín Fraxedas.

This collection consists of the original manuscript for The lonely crossing of Juan Cabrera with all proofreading marks and directions for publication, plus various documents associated with the presentation of the manuscript to the UCF Libraries.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7323718

University of Central Florida, UCF

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University of Central Florida. Library

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Fraxedas, J. Joaquín.

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J. Joaquín Fraxedas is a lawyer in Orlando, Fla. who immigrated from Cuba to the U.S. at the age of 10. In 1993, St. Martin's Press published his fictional account of Cuban refugees crossing the strait between Cuba and Florida. It is, allegedly, the first instance of a major publisher simultaneously issuing bilingual editions (Spanish and English) of the same work. In 1994 he presented the original manuscript of the novel to the UCF Libraries. From the descr...