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Author:

Eire, Carlos M. N.

Title:

Learning to die in Miami : confessions of a Refugee boy / Carlos Eire.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

x, 307 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Eire, Carlos M. N.--Childhood and youth.
Cuban Americans--Biography.
Refugee children--Miami--Miami--Biography.
Miami (Fla.)--Biography.

Other Authors:

Eire, Carlos M. N. Waiting for snow in Havana.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

143918190X
9781439181904

OCLC:

(OCoLC)495616830

LCCN:

2009052286

Locations:

EXPC755 -- Akron Public Library (Akron) — BIO EIR

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)