mwr enews 25 march 2015
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TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
FOR TICKETS – CALL 305.437.1595 Leisure Travel Services
MIAMI DADE COUNTY FAIR
DISNEY ON ICE, 3/26-4/5
ARIANA GRANDE 3/28, WICKED 3/29
KEVIN HART, 5/9, IGGY AZALEA 5/16
MIAMI MARLINS VS. NY YANKEES, JUNE 15-16
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD MILITARY SPECIALS
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MASSAGE THERAPY - The Fitness Center offers massage therapy services. To schedule your appointment with Francine, please
contact the fitness center front desk, 305.437.0123. Massages offered: Prenatal, Reflexology, Back, Neck and Shoulders, Swedish,
Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Shiatsu, Chair. Go here for details and watch the portal or Facebook for massage specials! One hour
massages on Saturdays, by appointment, $50. Call 305.437.0123
MWR FAMILY PICNIC 18 April. Celebrate the Month of the Military Child at Zoo Miami. Dinosaurs included.
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mwr-family-picnic, Tickets at Leisure Travel.
MOTHER’S DAY SALE! 30 April – 1 May, 10-4, Food Court
http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/miami-events/mothers-day-sale
Vendors – registration form may be found at the link.
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM. 2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage. 3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer. 4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities. 5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description. 6. Questions or concerns, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
THE ARTS - http://www.artsbizmiami.org/CampaignProcess.aspx?A=View&Data=AHWWLp%2fPUVM30eGwruBkKg%3d%3d
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Volunteer
Army Community Service
http://miami.armymwr.com
Army SOS Survey - Army Survivors. If you are a Survivor of a service member who died while a member of the United States Army
(including Army retirees) please participate in a brief web survey. The Clearinghouse for Military Family Readiness has been directed by
the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to evaluate services that the Army provides to Survivors. The survey will be available
through 31 March 2015. Take the survey.
How to Create an Effective Resume, April 8, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Real World Retirement Planning, April 9, 1-2pm, POC: [email protected]
Volunteer Recognition Ceremony, April 10, 11am-3pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, April 22, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival (First Term Finance,) April 23, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to southcom.miami.sc.mbx-usag-mwr@mailmil for discount information. This
discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
MILITARY BURGERS “A Hero’s Burger” offers a 10% discount to all service members and law enforcement. 10834 SW 104 St, Miami, FL 33176,
www.facebook.com/militaryburger
Discounts
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
VANI HARI - THE FOOD BABE WAY Mar 26 2015 6:30 pm. Hari has courageously put the heat on big food companies, getting them to disclose and remove toxic
ingredients from many of the products we enjoy and encouraging us to live a clean, organic, healthy lifestyle away from the processed world. Did
you know that your typical fast food French fries contain a chemical used in Silly Putty, or that your favorite fruit may have been sprayed heavily
with pesticides that could be triggering your body to store fat? The sheer composition of today’s food is making us gain weight, feel sick, and age
before our time. Vani Hari now hands us the tools to cut out hidden food toxins, lose weight, and get healthy in just 21 days! In THE FOOD BABE
WAY, Hari outlines where danger lurks in our food, explains how to decode food labels, and offers advice on what we should eat and how to shop
organic without draining our wallets. With easy-to-follow meal plans, shopping lists, and mouthwatering recipes, Hari’s simple, practical, and
accessible plan will have us losing weight—without counting calories. Along the way, Hari shares her own story of how she lost weight and rid
herself of the problems that had dogged her since she was a child, including eczema and allergies, and how she has become one of the nation’s
most influential food activists. The 21 positive, lasting habits you will develop to create major change in your life include: • Drinking lemon water in
the morning with a sprinkle of cayenne pepper on top: This will jump-start your metabolism as well as cleanse your body of toxins. •
Supplementing with 10 Superhero Foods that provide your body with a high ratio of nutrition to calories, making them the most nutritionally dense
foods available. Ideas include: kimchi and yogurt; raw cacao, goji berries, chia seeds, spirulina, quinoa, and sprouts. • Detoxing from added sugar by
learning how to read food labels and only purchasing products that use organic, unprocessed sweeteners instead of lab-made additives. Vani Hari’s
THE FOOD BABE WAY will empower you to change your food, change your body, and change the world. About the Author: Vani Hari is a food
activist and the creator of foodbabe.com. In her work, Hari has influenced how food giants like Kraft, Subway, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, and Starbucks
create their products, steering them toward more healthful policies. She lives in North Carolina and travels around the world to speak about health
and food awareness.
CHARLES COBB JR. - THIS NONVIOLENT STUFF'LL GET YOU KILLED Mar 30 2015 8:00 pm. Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the peak of the Montgomery, Alabama bus
boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. “Just for self defense,” King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for
such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend’s Montgomery, Alabama home as “an arsenal.” Like King, many ostensibly
“nonviolent” civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to selfprotection—yet this crucial dimension of the Afro-American freedom
struggle has been long ignored by history. In This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed, civil rights scholar Charles E. Cobb Jr. describes the vital role
that armed self-defense played in the survival and liberation of black communities in America during the Southern Freedom Movement of the 1960s.
In the Deep South, blacks often safeguarded themselves and their loved ones from white supremacist violence by bearing—and, when necessary,
using—firearms. In much the same way, Cobb shows, nonviolent civil rights workers received critical support from black gun owners in the regions
where they worked. Whether patrolling their neighborhoods, garrisoning their homes, or firing back at attackers, these courageous men and women
and the weapons they carried were crucial to the movement’s success. Giving voice to the World War II veterans, rural activists, volunteer security
guards, and self-defense groups who took up arms to defend their lives and liberties, This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed lays bare the
paradoxical relationship between the nonviolent civil rights struggle and the Second Amendment. Drawing on his firsthand experiences in the civil
rights movement and interviews with fellow participants, Cobb provides a controversial examination of the crucial place of firearms in the fight for
American freedom. About the Author: Charles E. Cobb, Jr. is a visiting professor of Africana Studies at Brown University. He is a distinguished
journalist and former member of National Geographic Magazine's editorial staff. He currently is Senior Writer and Diplomatic Correspondent for
AllAfrica.com, the leading online provider of news from and about Africa. From 1962-1967 he served as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi. He began his journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for WHUR Radio in Washington, D.C. In 1976 he
joined the staff of National Public Radio as a foreign affairs reporter, bringing to that network its first regular coverage of Africa. From 1985 to 1997,
Cobb was a National Geographic staff member, traveling the globe to write stories on places from Eritrea to Russia's Kuril Islands. He is also the co-
author, with civil rights organizer and educator Robert P. Moses, of Radical Equations, Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project. His latest
book published in January 2008 is On the Road to Freedom, a Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail. On July 24, 2008 the National Association of
Black Journalists honored Cobb’s work by inducting him into their Hall of Fame.
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RONALD FENSTER - D.A.S.P.O. Mar 31 2015 8:00 pm. Based on the exploits of 1st Lt. Ron Fenster, D.A.S.P.O is a breakthrough novel that recounts the misadventures of
an unhinged troop of US Army photographers and filmmakers during the height of the Vietnam War. Reviewers have compared D.A.S.P.O. to
M.A.S.H. and Catch-22 in its treatment of “the wacky side of war fiction.” It’s a “hilarious send-up,” based on Fenster’s actual experiences in 1971
Saigon. Enthusiastic readers have posted comments on Amazon saying it’s “both funny and disturbing,” that the novel contains “humor, irony,
and real truth,” that it’s “a wild ride.” In Saigon, D.A.S.P.O troops lived off-base…in a downtown villa complete with servants, air conditioning, and a
rooftop patio for their pot-laden parties. Second, they generally wore civilian clothes and traveled on diplomatic passports that allowed them
complete access to anywhere they wanted to go. Third, their film assignments often required them to go outside the military Table of
Organization – way outside – to finagle the materials and transport they needed to “get the shot.” Think Milo Minderbinder in Catch-22. From “The
Dance of the Body Bags” to “Mortuary Cosmetology,” D.A.S.P.O film and photo units traveled throughout the country to complete their assigned
projects – and also film pretty much whatever they wanted to. None of them were career soldiers…they were frustrated Fellinis, each one with
warped visions of someday walking the red carpet and expressing their heartfelt gratitude to the Academy. From the story of the Girl with One
Green Leg to the baby-selling Mamasan to the exposure of the corrupt, drug-dealing Colonel Xoan, each chapter of D.A.S.P.O offers the reader
stories that are both hilarious and heartbreaking. Yes it’s funny, and yes, it’s unhinged and outrageous. But it was still a war, and D.A.S.P.O
personnel had plenty of chances to experience both the hilarity and horror of the Vietnam era. About the Author: Ronald Fenster Grew up in Miami
Beach and was educated at the University of Florida and Syracuse University. He joined the Army as a Lieutenant and was first stationed at the
Army Pictorial Center. Later he was assigned to The Department of the Army Special Photographic Office and sent to a DASPO unit in Hawaii. For
the next two years he directed film assignments all over SE Asia, The Pacific, and Korea. His first novel, D*A*S*P*O is quickly becoming the
M*A*S*H of the Vietnam War. It is a work of fiction based on facts relating to the corruption and drug culture of that era.
ERIK LARSON - DEAD WAKE - Coral Gables Congregational Church – RSVP REQUIRED - Please RSVP HERE. On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury
ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and
infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months,
German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era’s great transatlantic “Greyhounds”—the fastest liner
then in service—and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had
kept civilian ships safe from attack. Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walther Schwieger, the captain of
Unterseeboot-20, was happy to oblige. Meanwhile, an ultra-secret British intelligence unit tracked Schwieger’s U-boat, but told no one. As U-20
and the Lusitania made their way toward Liverpool, an array of forces both grand and achingly small—hubris, a chance fog, a closely guarded
secret, and more—all converged to produce one of the great disasters of history. It is a story that many of us think we know but don’t, and Erik
Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full
of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering
female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the widening war but also captivated by the prospect
of new love. Gripping and important, Dead Wake captures the sheer drama and emotional power of a disaster whose intimate details and true
meaning have long been obscured by history. About the Author: Erik Larson is a writer, journalist and novelist. Nominated for a Pulitzer prize for
investigative journalism on The Wall Street Journal, he has taught non-fiction writing at San Francisco State and Johns Hopkins.
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