Great turnout today at the Leadership Florida annual meeting in Orlando. I pitched my new oral history book, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles,” to the crowd of almost 1,000. The booksellers sold out of it. Thanks to all my LF friends...
I’m looking forward to presenting my new oral history book on Friday at Leadership Florida’s 40th anniversary annual meeting in Orlando. More than 1,000 LF members and their guests are expected, and I’m pleased to have an opportunity to thank the many LF friends who...
When I was in Tampa for an event for my new oral history book about Cuban exiles, I took some time to see the new “Cuban Pathways” exhibit at the Tampa Bay History Center in downtown Tampa. It’s an excellent exhibit that, in a remarkably compact space, tells the story...
Great turnout today in Tampa for a midday event for my oral history book about Cuban exiles, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away.” It far exceeded the museum’s expectations, and everyone in the crowd was engaged. Thanks to the history center, our co-sponsor the Florida...
I’m excited about going to Tampa for my next event to promote my new oral history book, "Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles." It will be at the Tampa Bay History Center in downtown Tampa. I’ll be in conversation with one of my narrators,...
Looking forward to presenting my new oral history book about Cuban exiles to the annual meeting of Leadership Florida on June 24 in Orlando. More than 1,000 persons are expected to attend, including a lot of friends from the 30 years I've spent in Leadership Florida....
I’m so pleased that Latino magazine published in its current issue an excerpt from my new oral history book, Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles. In the years that I worked on the book, the magazine’s editor, Alfredo José Estrada, helped...
My publisher, the University of Florida Press, has extended some special sales. It is offering a discounted price for my new oral history book about Cuban exiles, “Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles.” Until June 30, you can order the book...
I am nearing the end of a month of R&R in Washington, DC, and the Northeast, so I’m preparing for the next round of events for my new oral history book, "Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away: Memories of Early Cuban Exiles." Here’s what’s scheduled for June:...
I recently returned from my first trip to Cuba, and it was an extraordinary journey that far exceeded my expectations. A group of friends and I spent seven days in Havana with a day-trip to the tobacco country of Pinar del Río province in western Cuba. Everywhere we...