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Author Eire, Carlos M. N.
Title Learning to die in Miami : confessions of a refugee boy / Carlos Eire.
Publication Info. New York : Free Press, 2010.
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Location Call No. Status
 Daly City - John Daly - Nonfiction  305.896872 EIRE     CHECK SHELF
 Redwood City - Downtown Adult Nonfiction  305.8968 EIRE     CHECK SHELF
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description x, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Note Continues: Waiting for snow in Havana / Carlos Eire. New York : Free Press, c2003
Summary A stranger in a strange land, Eire (Waiting for Snow in Havana), one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba in Operation Peter Pan in 1962, describes the classic American immigrant experience in Miami, Fla., with a mix of insightful observation, humor, and heartfelt emotion.
Subject Eire, Carlos M. N. -- Childhood and youth.
Cuban Americans -- Biography.
Refugee children -- Florida -- Miami -- Biography.
Miami (Fla.) -- Biography.
Added Author Eire, Carlos M. N. Waiting for snow in Havana.
ISBN 9781439181904
143918190X