Puerto Rican Arrival in New York: Narratives of the Migration, 1920-1950 - Paperbackby Juan Flores (Editor) "First to disembark were passengers traveling first class, businessmen, well to do families, students. In second class, where I was, there were the emigrants, most of us tabaqueros, or cigar workers. . ." Thus writes Bernardo Vega in this collection of engaging and readable first hand reminiscences about the mid twentieth century migration from Puerto Rico to the U. S. The documentary importance of these testimonies is evident,