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Paul Ransom Digital Podium | A harrowing time: Miami in 1980
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Please join Nicholas Griffin P’25 ’27, Maurice Ferré ’79, P’10 ’13 and Head of School Penny Townsend for a lively conversation about a formative period in Miami’s history: the harrowing 1980s. Maurice observed this wild era from a unique vantage point – as the mayor’s son – and Nick chronicled the time in his critically acclaimed book, The Year of Dangerous Days: Riots, Refugees, and Cocaine in Miami 1980. During this inaugural Paul Ransom Digital Podium of 2020-21, Nick and Maurice will trade tales, consider how 1980 shaped the Magic City of today, and take questions. Register here.
Books & Books has offered to donate back 5% of net book sales from Nicholas Griffin's book The Year of Dangerous Days to Ransom Everglades School. The offer is valid through October 31, 2020. Below is the link to use for purchase. Individuals can buy in-store or arrange for shipping.
https://shop.booksandbooks.com/year-of-dangerous-days-ransom-everglades
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Books & Books has offered to donate back 5% of net book sales from Nicholas Griffin's book The Year of Dangerous Days to Ransom Everglades School. The offer is valid through October 31, 2020. Below is the link to use for purchase. Individuals can buy in-store or arrange for shipping.
https://shop.booksandbooks.
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.