I am releasing my award-winning memoir [Amazon link] on Steemit one chapter at a time. To help readers keep track of where they are in the story, here is the Table of Contents, which I'll link to in all future posts. The story so far: [Prologue | Ch 1 | Ch 2 | Ch 3 | Ch 4]

Table of Contents

• October 3, 2006 (12)

Part One: Before Deportation

• Without Me (18)
• My First Revolution (29)
• In the Shadow of a Volcano (48)
• Mi Amor (65)
• Where the Sun Rises (76)
• In Motion (83)
• Behind the Barricades: Love and Revolution (90)
• Crossing the Border with Lucía (105)
• Bleeding Hearts (121)

Part Two: Illegal

Crossing One: October 3, 2006

• Deported to the United States (131)
• A Prisoner in the Airport (135)
• The Boy with the Flower (139)
• Running Barefoot at Houston International (144)
• Colombia (151)
• No, Officer, I Don’t Have Any Cocaine (154)

Crossing Two: November 17, 2006

• Home, again (158)
• Just Another Gringo in Colombia (164)
• Losing My Way (170)
• Lying to the Police (173)

Crossing Three: January 25, 2007

• The Agony of Borders (184)

Crossing Four: March 29, 2007

• Giving Up on Hope (202)
• The Help of Strangers (208)

Crossing Five: April 23, 2007

• The Final Crossing (217)

Epilogue

• Ecuador, 2017 (222)