An Italian American odyssey
Subtitle: Life line--filo della vita : through Ellis Island and beyond
By: by B. Amore ; translation by Franco Bagnolini.
Publisher: Center for Migration Studies
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781577030454; 9781577030461
Subjects: Amore, B. -- Family -- Exhibitions.; Ellis Island Immigration Museum -- Exhibitions.; Italian American families -- Exhibitions.; Italian Americans -- Biography -- Exhibitions.; Italian Americans -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions.; Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Exhibitions.; United States -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions.; United States -- Ethnic relations -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; Biography
Other titles: Life line; Filo della vita
Notes: Companion book to an exhibit and installation entitled Lifeline which opened on Nov. 4, 2000 at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum in New York, N.Y.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-402) and index.

Text in English and Italian.
Table of contents: title: Guide to the exhibition and book; title: Following the thread; title: Guide to the main characters in An Italian American odyssey; title: Introduction; title: Dreams; title: The first generation; title: Becoming American; title: La famiglia and work; title: Return to the roots; title: Today and tomorrow; title: Commentary on Life line; title: Supplement; title: The donors' arch; title: Italian translation.