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Learning to die in Miami : confessions of a refugee boy / Carlos Eire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eire, Carlos M. N.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eire, Carlos M. N--Childhood and youth.
- Eire, Carlos M. N.
- Cuban Americans--Biography.
- Cuban Americans.
- Refugee children.
- Florida--Miami.
- Refugee children--Florida--Miami--Biography.
- Miami (Fla.)--Biography.
- Miami (Fla.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 307 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, 2010.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Continues: Waiting for snow in Havana / Carlos Eire. New York : Free Press, c2003
- ISBN:
- 9781439181904
- 143918190X
- OCLC:
- 495616830
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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