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Learning to Die in Miami

Confessions of a Refugee Boy

by Carlos Eire

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Carlos Eire: A Cuban-American Searches For Roots

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Carlos Eire: A Cuban-American Searches For Roots

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In 1962, 11-year-old Carlos Eire was one of thousands of children airlifted out of Cuba and sent to Florida to escape Fidel Castro's regime. His parents thought he'd return when Castro was deposed — but he never went home again. Eire recounts the experience in a new memoir.

Carlos Eire: A Cuban-American Searches For Roots

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