Title |
Waiting for snow in Havana confessions of a Cuban boy
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Names |
Eire, Carlos M. N.
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Book Number |
DB057745
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
A Yale historian recalls his privileged childhood in Cuba, where his eccentric father was a Havana judge. Author describes living through the revolution, losing everything, and escaping with his brother in 1962 to exile in Miami. Some violence and some strong language. Nat'l Book Award. 2003.
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Narrator |
Ashby, Mark.
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Local Subject |
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Award-Winning Adult Books - AWA
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Booklist - National Book Award - BNBA
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Audience Notes |
Award winner.
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Male narrator.
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Contains strong language.
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Contains violence.
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LC Subject |
Cuban Americans - Biography
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Refugee children - United States - Biography
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Chicago (Ill.) - Biography
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Cuba - History - Revolution, 1959 - Personal narratives
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Havana (Cuba) - Biography
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Havana (Cuba) - Social conditions - 20th century
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Havana (Cuba) - Social life and customs - 20th century
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Call Number |
972.9123063092 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2003
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2003 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Free Press, c2003.
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