Learning to die in Miami
Subtitle: confessions of a refugee boy
By: Carlos Eire
Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781439181904
Subjects: Cuban Americans; Biography; Childhood and youth; Refugee children
Description: 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