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Here in Cerchio

- Letters to an Italian Immigrant

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"Between 1910 and 1913 Antonio Vasquenz, a native of the Abruzzo village of Cerchio, wrote about forty letters totaling 25,000 words to his son Angelo, an immigrant working in the coal mines of western Pennsylvania. Unlike many contadini, Antonio was fully literate. He was also a talented writer and intelligent man. Over a four-year period he described in detail, with vivid and sometimes pungent prose, all the events and trials of his life: family illness and death, agricultural conditions, and always, always the financial burdens..." -- Publisher's description.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781599540627
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 156
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. maj 2014
  • Størrelse:
  • 229x152x9 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 236 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 16. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

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"Between 1910 and 1913 Antonio Vasquenz, a native of the Abruzzo village of Cerchio, wrote about forty letters totaling 25,000 words to his son Angelo, an immigrant working in the coal mines of western Pennsylvania. Unlike many contadini, Antonio was fully literate. He was also a talented writer and intelligent man. Over a four-year period he described in detail, with vivid and sometimes pungent prose, all the events and trials of his life: family illness and death, agricultural conditions, and always, always the financial burdens..." -- Publisher's description.

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