Author Carlos Eire from Bob Edwards Weekend by Sirius XM Radio

In 1962, eleven year old CARLOS EIRE and his older brother Tony boarded an airplane in Cuba and left their parents and country behind, becoming not only refugees but also orphans. The brothers were two of 14,000 children airlifted out of "Castroland" in a mass exodus known as Operation Pedro Pan. Carlos Eire is now a professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University. He won a National Book Award for his memoir, "Waiting for Snow in Havana." He picks up where that book left off, the moment he first set foot in the US, with "Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy."

Download the podcast here. See also: Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy, A Very Brief History of Eternity, Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, Miami y Mis Mil Muertes: Confesiones de un cubanito desterrado, War against the Idols: The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin