| Prologue | p. 1 | |
| Worms Like Us | p. 11 | |
| Bernardo Benes: Our Man in Miami | p. 35 | |
| Butterflies | p. 57 | |
| Hector Sanyustiz: A Way Out | p. 75 | |
| Ernesto Pinto: An Embassy Under Siege | p. 95 | |
| Unwanted | p. 121 | |
| Napoleon Vilaboa: The Golden Door | p. 135 | |
| Leaving Cuba | p. 159 | |
| Captain Mike Howell: Sailing Manana | p. 187 | |
| Tempest-Tost | p. 215 | |
| Teeming Shore | p. 233 | |
| With Open Arms | p. 261 | |
| Epilogue | p. 269 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 279 | |
| Notes | p. 285 | |
| Index | p. 297 |