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Coming to America: Italian Americans By Barry Moreno, curator of the Ellis Island Museum. Italian immigration began in earnest with the California gold rush of 1849, with more than four million Italians arriving in the U.S. between 1880 and 1924. This book retraces their story, including why they left, what they found when they came here, and how they assimilated yet kept part of their own culture alive. In hardback, with many color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations, 128 pages. Item code: B703   In Stock Quantity: Price: $14.95 Other items of interest   Boundless Lives: Italian Americans of Western Pennsylvania   Edited by Mary Brignano, published by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Based on transcribed oral histories and interviews of Italian immigrants and their descendants, this book puts a human face on the amazing courage, hope and hard work that have built the United States. In hardback with many historic photographs, 213 pages. Our Price: $19.95 More Info

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