They came from Italy
Subtitle: the stories of famous Italian-Americans.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Italian Americans -- Juvenile literature.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Italians come.; title: An iron hand in the wilderness: Henri de Tonti.; title: He talked of freedom: Philip Mazzei.; title: The artist of the Capitol: Constantino Brumidi.; title: The general commands a museum: Luigi Palma di Cesnola.; title: A saint among the immigrants: Francesca Xavier Cabrini.; title: The maestro in America: Arturo Toscanini.; title: A banker for Americans: A. P. Giannini.; title: The biggest little man in the country: Fiorella H. La Guardia.; title: Columbus to the atomic age: Enrico Fermi.; title: A summing up: the Italians stay.; title: Bibliography (p. 231-238)