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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Writing the companion book to the PBS documentary series The Italian Americans allowed me the opportunity to take part in a project that for years I had admired from afar, having shared cappuccino and conversation with a few of the people involved in its creation and development. As I dug into the project, the team at Ark Media, a group of smart, talented, and generous filmmakers, were always available and eager to share their voluminous material with me.
Special thanks to Maia Harris, who reached out during the project’s earliest stages; Jeff Bieber at WETA Television, who offered ideas and encouragement; and WETA’s intrepid interns Robert Gabriel and Lyndsi Bosco. My talented research assistant, Shayna Garkofsky, delved deep into the subject matter, gamely tackling historical and contemporary research. At Ark Media, Julia Marchesi and Muriel Soenens were the source of many engaging discussions, along with Josh Gleason, whose commanding memory aided my own. The illustrations in this book are possible only because of the tenacity and skill of Ark Media’s wonderful Hannah Olson, who always seemed to have photos and facts at her fingertips, along with Michael Shorris, who applied his walker-in-the-city photographic eye to my research requests and, in an unforgettable feat, tracked down from a photograph the city bus on which I had left a canvas bag with all of my notebooks for this project. And most of all, my thanks to Ark Media’s John Maggio, who not only created a superb documentary film, but generously offered his advice and friendship, always accompanied by lots of laughter, making this companion book a joy to write.
Friends and colleagues provided excellent ideas, observations, facts and figures, and objects that made their way onto these pages. My thanks to Stefano Albertini, B. Amore, Wayne Barrett, Paul Berman, Mary Brown, Alan Christian, Rose Marie Cleese, Adam Cohen, Lawrence DiStasi, Geoffrey Dunn, Laurie Fabiano, Donna Gabaccia, David Giovannitti, Edvige Giunta, Joanna Clapps Herman, Aldo Mansi, Tom Robbins, Stephanie Romeo, Joseph J. Salvo, Matthew Santirocco, Joseph Scelsa, Joseph Sciorra, Anthony Tamburri, and Andrew Zambelli. A special thanks to Wallis Wilde-Menozzi for cherished lunches discussing Italian and Italian-American culture.
My thanks to friends and family for hand-holding during the course of an intense year: Jennifer Brown (who held stepladders, too, in pursuit of this project), LynNell Hancock, Gary Lang, Ruth Pastine, and Vincent Santoro. Thanks to my mother-in-law, Sylvia Shorris, who provided additional Mediterranean wisdom; James and Cindy Shorris; my brother Bob, for his love, good humor, and continued encouragement of my work; and my late mother, Connie, who enthusiastically supported this project.
I couldn’t find a better advocate—and friend—in my agent, Susan Ramer, whose constant support and reassuring presence guided me along the way. Anna Mageras at W. W. Norton always graciously offered her assistance and answers to my many, many questions. Designer Chris Welch and copy editor Stephanie Hiebert each provided an elegant and attentive eye to every page. Alane Salierno Mason was, quite simply, the perfect editor for this book. I’m always grateful f
or Alane’s intelligence, insights, and graceful editorial suggestions, but this illustrated project gave us the opportunity to search for objects from Italian-American childhoods long ago, finding a shared madeleine in homely nutcrackers and pastel-colored wedding almonds.
There is no greater gift than imagining the meaning and lessons of the past with the people who guide you through the present, and whose presence adds meaning to each day. My son Michael, my joy, my husband Tony, my love, thank you for teaching and inspiring me.
CREDITS
Text:
“The Odyssey of a Wop” (excerpt of about 500 words from pp. 138–39) from The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories by John Fante. Copyright © 1940 by John Fante. Copyright © 1985 by Joyce Fante. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Images:
Ship manifest: Laurie Fabiano personal collection
Group at table: Laurie Fabiano personal collection
Italian couple: Alan Christian personal collection
Italian-American family in kitchen: Maria Laurino personal collection
Cassata Siciliana: Photograph by Paul Cary Goldberg
Eataly counter: Photograph by Virginia Rollison
Roseto banner: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Men in box being lowered: Photograph by Steve Schapiro
Women working at sewing machines: Photograph by Steve Schapiro
Baker holding two bread loaves: Photograph by Steve Schapiro
Gold horn (cornetto): Photograph by Chris Leary
Woman in crown and white dress: Photograph by Steve Schapiro
Girl in white dress: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Prosecco glass: Shutterstock stock photograph
Adriana Trigiani: Photograph by Tim Stephenson
Espresso pot: Photograph by Chris Leary
Two women on donkey: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-73453]
Peasants and donkey in courtyard: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-73730]
Family of peasants: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection [LC-USZ62-93129]
Peasants picking lemons in Sicily: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-73485]
Italian peasant girl: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ppmsca-08349]
Waiting to board ship: Paolo Cresci Foundation
Garibaldi on horse: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-pga-02437]
Peasants on street: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-73454]
Two men hanging: Special and Digital Collections, Tampa Library, University of South Florida
Banana vendors: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-131516]
David Hennessy: Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, Acc. No. 2006.024.11
“To Hunt the Assassins” newspaper clip: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
“Assassinated” newspaper clip: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Mafia cartoon: © Bettmann/Corbis
“None Guilty” newspaper clip: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Parish prison: Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, Acc. No. 1974.25.3.259
Inmates in courtyard: Courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, Acc. No. 1974.25.25.228
Mulberry Street: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZC4-1584]
Immigrants waiting on dock: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-11203]
Inspection of arriving immigrants: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZC4-4656]
Laborer shoveling: Center for Migration Studies
Derogatory sheet music: “I Break-a da Stones” sheet music, Balch Institute Sheet Music Collection [3141], Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Women working in silk mill: Center for Migration Studies
Workers at macaroni factory: Center for Migration Studies
Collage of immigration photographs and documents: Courtesy of B. Amore
Ancestor panel (great-grandmother): Courtesy of B. Amore
Nineteenth-century artifacts: Courtesy of B. Amore
Ancestor panel (great-grandfather): Courtesy of B. Amore
Clam vendor: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-D401-13642]
Bread sellers: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-63005]
Black Hand members: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Lt. Joseph Petrosino escorting a Black Hand criminal with other police officers: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-137644]
“Bomb shakes” newspaper clip: Laurie Fabiano personal collection
Angelina Siena: Laurie Fabiano personal collection
Giuseppe Petrosino: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ggbain-03609]
Black Hand letters: Courtesy of The Italian American Museum
Main Street, San Francisco: J. B. Monaco Photograph Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Crab fisherman: © Bettmann/Corbis
Man with fish on line: Geoffrey Dunn personal collection
Grocery store: Courtesy of the California Historical Society, CHS2014.I60
San Francisco earthquake: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-47147]
A. P. Giannini: J. B. Monaco Photograph Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Souvenir scavengers: U.S. National Archives
Bank of Italy: J. B. Monaco Photograph Collection, San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library
Spoons: Photograph by Chris Leary
Mother with three children: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection [LC-DIG-nclc-04116]
Rolling pin and ravioli cutter: Photograph by Chris Leary
Social worker visiting family: © Underwood & Underwood/Corbis
Family in crowded home, Providence, Rhode Island: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection [LC-DIG-nclc-02721]
Leonard Covello: Portrait of Leonard Covello, Leonard Covello Papers [MSS 040], Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Passport: Alane Salierno Mason personal collection
Schoolboy: Library of Congress, Prints & Photograph Division [LC-DIG-ggbain-14196]
Schoolgirls: Library of Congress, Prints & Photograph Division [LC-DIG-ggbain-14198]
Embroidered heart: Courtesy of B. Amore
Family in front of store: Courtesy of The Italian American Museum
Rudolph Valentino: Library of Congress, Prints & Photograph Division [LC-USZ62-90327]
“A Wop” cartoon: Stock Montage/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Lawrence strike meeting: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ggbain-10185]
Striking millworkers: Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
Giovannitti and Ettor postcard: David Giovannitti personal collection
Children of Lawrence strikers: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-98168]
Children’s exodus: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ggbain-10241]
Child working in mill: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection [LC-DIG-nclc-01668]
Group of child millworkers: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, National Child Labor Committee Collection [LC-DIG-nclc-02370]
IWW “Bread or Revolution” hat card: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-22190]
Giovannitti writing collage: David Giovannitti personal collection
San Gennaro festival: Photograph by Michael Shorris
Communion girls: Alan Christian personal collection
Communion boys: Alane Salierno Mason personal collection
Our Lady of Sorrows: Photograph by Michael Shorris
Our Lady of Mount Carmel procession: Alane Salierno Mason personal collection
Communion collage: Photograph by Chris Leary
Crucifix: Photograph by Chris Leary
Our Lady of Mount Carmel float: Courtesy of The Italian Americans documentary
Madonna and bread loaves: Photograph by Paul Cary Goldberg
Ransacked room: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
La Cronaca Sovversiva pamphlet: Center for Migration Studies
Anarchists marching: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-33538]
Gruppo Autonomo pamphlet: Center for Migration Studies
Palmer house after explosion: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-npcc-33288]
Sacco and Vanzetti: © Bettmann/Corbis
Sacco and Vanzetti poster: Daily Worker/Daily World Photographs Collection, Tamiment Library, New York University
Angela Bambace and mother: Mindy Camponeschi personal collection
Angela Bambace and sons: Mindy Camponeschi personal collection
Dumping whiskey during Prohibition: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-12142]
Women at a speakeasy: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images
Italian-American social club: Alane Salierno Mason personal collection
Genna family: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images
St. Valentine’s Day massacre: © Bettmann/Corbis
Nut cracker and picks: Photograph by Chris Leary
La Guardia and Rossi: Rose Marie Cleese personal collection
Tammany Tiger: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZC4-10303]
La Guardia with wife and child: The La Guardia and Wagner Archives, La Guardia Community College/The City University of New York
Organ grinder: © Bettmann/Corbis
Sewing machine and dresses: Courtesy of B. Amore
La Guardia pouring alcoholic beverage: © Bettmann/Corbis
La Guardia and Vito Marcantonio: Gerald Meyer collection
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