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Carlos Eire
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Carlos Eire

Carlos Eire was born in Havana in 1950 and left his homeland in 1962, one of fourteen thousand unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operation Pedro Pan. After living in a series of foster homes, he was reunited with his mother in Chicago in 1965. Eire earned his PhD at Yale University in 1979 and is now the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with his wife, Jane, and their three children.

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AL.com, March 6, 2013
...intended for young audiences, Beaver says Engle will appeal to multiple generations. "Waiting for Snow in Havana" by Carlos Eire is the top pick for Nancy Klasterka, also a fiction library specialist. This beautifully written memoir contrasts the life...
TheDay.com, January 31, 2013
...45 authors will be in attendance including Brad Meltzer, J.A. Jance, Tess Gerritsen, National Book Award winner Carlos Eire, Leeza Gibbons, Hallie Ephron, Natalie Charles, Hank Phillipi Ryan and Jessica Anderson. Expect overlapping sensoral experiences...
TheDay.com, January 20, 2013
...felt it was extremely important to tap into the wealth of published authors in the community. These include Carlos Eire, Yale professor and winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction; The History Press author panel of Connecticut historians and...
Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch, January 9, 2013
...for The Big Book Club Getaway, which will benefit The Alzheimer’s Association.  Speakers include Yale Professor Carlos Eire, a winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction; Leeza Gibbons, iconic American talk show host, author and...
Fayetteville Observer, December 7, 2012
...books dealing with historical periods. Two that I especially liked were "Waiting for Snow in Havana," by Carlos Eire, and "Guernica," by Dave Boling. Eire tells how his life changed when Castro took over Cuba. At the age of 11, he and his brother were...
Fayetteville Observer, December 6, 2012
...books dealing with historical periods. Two that I especially liked were "Waiting for Snow in Havana," by Carlos Eire, and "Guernica," by Dave Boling. Eire tells how his life changed when Castro took over Cuba. At the age of 11, he and his brother were...
Individual.com, November 10, 2012
...from her," says Asher. Martell (whose Martell Agency also represents National Book Award winner and Yale professor Carlos Eire "Waiting for Snow in Havana") sent it to Asher, because she knew the editor had a passion for these kinds of books, and "I...
American Thinker, January 11, 2013
...it a fraud and a total disregard for the rule of law. I get now why my friend Carlos Eire calls it "Cacarastan" or "Cubazuela". This is what the Constitution says: "Article 231: The president-elect shall take office on 10 January... by taking an oath...
Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch, January 9, 2013
...for The Big Book Club Getaway, which will benefit The Alzheimer’s Association.  Speakers include Yale Professor Carlos Eire, a winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction; Leeza Gibbons, iconic American talk show host, author and...
American Thinker, January 3, 2013
...is interesting to divide Cuba's history two 50-something periods, before and after Castro. Cuban-American author & historian Carlos Eire presents the story and it an amazing contrast: "Pre-Castro Between 1900 and 1930, the first three decades of...
Fayetteville Observer, December 7, 2012
...books dealing with historical periods. Two that I especially liked were "Waiting for Snow in Havana," by Carlos Eire, and "Guernica," by Dave Boling. Eire tells how his life changed when Castro took over Cuba. At the age of 11, he and his brother were...
Fayetteville Observer, December 6, 2012
...books dealing with historical periods. Two that I especially liked were "Waiting for Snow in Havana," by Carlos Eire, and "Guernica," by Dave Boling. Eire tells how his life changed when Castro took over Cuba. At the age of 11, he and his brother were...
Business Insider, November 15, 2012
...not automatically guarantee Hispanic support is, of course, correct . I wrote about this years ago when I interviewed Carlos Eire , a Yale professor and author of “ Learning to Die in Miami, ” “ Marco Rubio is a white guy, and the Mexicans and...
Business Insider, November 15, 2012
...not automatically guarantee Hispanic support is, of course, correct . I wrote about this years ago when I interviewed Carlos Eire , a Yale professor and author of “ Learning to Die in Miami, ” “ Marco Rubio is a white guy, and the Mexicans and...