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Tales from the Tropix
Greetings from paradise and welcome to Matt Lawrence Books, your online source for Matt's thrilling Florida based tales from the tropix.
 What to Do 'Til the Cavalry Comes is Matt's latest book, which serves as a Family Guide to Preparedness in 21st Century America. Based on Matt Lawrence's personal experiences and extensive research, What to Do... is a guidebook for you and your family, designed to help you prepare for difficulty and disaster in your life -- whether it is a long term power outage, a hurricane, a tornado, a blizzard or something else.
The book offers great insight into what you should do to prepare, offering helpful hints like how much water to have at home, how much food and of what types, and whether you should stockpile medical supplies. The answers will surprise you as you turn, page-by-page, through this helpful and easy-to-read guide to help you stay safe, healthy and happy "after the storm."
What to Do 'Til the Cavalry Comes gives famlies a basic plan, one most anybody can live by. It is a must-read for those who wish to improve their readiness for living in 21st Century America, knowing that "When you live prepared, you're prepared to live!"
"I just finished reading excerpts from your new preparedness guide and wanted to take a moment to applaud your work. I found "What to Do 'Til the Cavalry Comes" to be a very straight-forward, common sense guide that should be read by anyone who has any interest in preparing their family for the potential disasters we Americans face today, whether they be earthquakes, terrorists or hurricanes...."
-- Phil Bryant, State Auditor, State of Mississippi
Dying to Get Here: A Story of Coming to America is Matt's debut literary work based on his experiences as director for special projects for Freedom Flight International.
Set in 1994, Dying to Get Here chronicles the Robaina family's effort for a meager existence in their small Havana barrio before deciding to make an attempt for freedom upon a small home made raft.
The family slogs in secrecy for weeks, trash picking the pieces needed to assemble their "freedom float", and on what is supposed to be a moon lit farewell they are forced to suffer at the hands of Castro's ruthless Frontier Guards.
Fleeing the island in a hail of gunfire, their struggle for salvation on the sea is almost cut short in a squall, before sunrise brings Trig Combs and his Wings of Freedom air crew to discover the disheveled family adrift in the Florida Straits on what's left of their broken dream; and in what countless readers are calling a family's fearless fight for freedom, Lawrence skillfully tells the truths of what many balseros have lived, in crossing the shark infested waters known as The Great Cemetery of Castro's Revolution!
"Matt recounts the horrors of the Florida Straits with exacting accuracy. It's as if he's had to undertake the unfortunate task of taking to the seas for the sake of freedom himself."
Lieutenant Jorge Martinez, Commanding Officer
USCGC Sitkinak (WPB1329)
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In memory of the Brothers lost February 24, 1996.
Your selfless acts of humanitarianism and heroism will never be forgotten.
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