This second edition contains about 20% more oral histories than the first edition and more information about the Lety camp that was not available for the original publication.

I AM AN IMMIGRANT In 1963 when I was 21 years old I left the USA, my homeland, and became an immigrant. At the time I thought I was leaving because of the war in Vietnam. After I received my draft notice, I appealed to study abroad and was given a one-year deferment. But on the ship (an old Bilbao freighter going from New Orleans to Tarragona, Spain) I knew I would never return to America to serve or to live. Today I am not so sure Vietnam was the sole reason I left America. By the age of 16, I had already started the "hobby" of hitchhiking all over the United States. My first trip was during...