Growing up Italian American
Subtitle: memories, customs, heritage
By: by John M. Di Biase.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Italian Americans -- Biography.; Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Biography.; Immigrants -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Biography.; Italians -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Memories, customs, heritage
Description: Amusing and poignant stories of immigrant life in an Italian-American neighborhood on the east side of Buffalo, N.Y. in the 1930s and 1940s. Tales of personalities, places and relationships are drawn from the author's own recollections of an era when family, friends and a profound sense of community gave direction and meaning to the lives of those who were embraced by them.
Table of contents: title: Shoemaker Peppino; title: Strong hands mason Manoforte; title: Panzanillo Polo and the pull chain toilet; title: Stumbluccis' disgrazia, a letter regarding; title: Instigatore Sarto; title: Un'occhio; title: Squagliacum; title: Filomena Bue; title: Mr. Georgia and Peppino.