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SUMMER
2003 SELECTIONS:
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BREAD
AND RESPECT: THE ITALIANS OF LOUISIANA By A. V.
Margavio & Jerome J. Salomone
Nearly 100,000 Sicilian immigrants settled in New
Orleans between 1898 and 1929. The eight chapters
in this well-documented history each tackles one
yearning, hunger or hope that these immigrants felt
as they struggled in the new world and explains
the historical and social circumstances connected
to those feelings. Includes biographical sketches,
personal stories, and fact-based fictional vignettes.
[$25; hardcover; 320 pages; Pelican Publishing Co.]
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ITALIAN
WOMEN IN BLACK DRESSES By Maria Mazziotti Gillan
The 68 poems and prose vignettes in this slim book
capture in simple, powerful and unforgettable language
life’s delights, disappointments and "little moments."
In "After School on Ordinary Days," for example,
Gillan remembers her family playing cards by a warm
stove as the wind rattled the windows. "…we, inside,
tucked in, warm and together on ordinary days that
we didn't know until we looked back across a distance
of forty years would glow and shimmer in memory's
flickering light."
Poet Gillan founded and directs the respected Poetry
Center at Passaic County Community College in her
native New Jersey. This is her seventh collection
of poetry. [$13; softcover; 142 pages; Guernica
Editions.] |
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DIMAGGIO:
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT By Morris Engelberg
& Marv Schneider
A hero to millions of boys and men in life, after
his death in 1999 at age 84, at least one unflattering
and unauthorized biography appeared on the best-seller
list. Now DiMaggio's attorney and close friend Morris
Engelberg and sportswriter Marv Schneider share
their recollections of this complex legend and capture
the strengths and frailties of the man America called
"the Yankee Clipper." [$24.95; hardcover; 420 pages;
MBI Publishing] |
*Reflects list price. Discounts may apply through
amazon.com.
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