Operation Peter Pan and Beyond
December 14, 2010 Tuesday AT 3PM CT

 
 
As a stranger in a strange land Carlos Eire, along with his brother and another 14,064 young boys and girls, were airlifted from Cuba as a part of Operation Peter Pan in 1962. Carlos' life changed irrevocably, yet he eventually found himself climbing up from the bottom of the heap. In his book Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy he lays out his winning formula for immigrants.

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  • Carlos Eire, author of Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy.
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