The Story of My People by Mario B Mignone
Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. In THE STORY OF MY PEOPLE, Mario Mignone gives eloquent testimony to the hopes, fears, struggles and ultimate triumph of his family's extraordinary journey from rural Italy to the American Dream. He also gives a poignant voice to the millions of other immigrants who left the Mezzogiorno for L'America. In the process, he shows how to perform the critical balancing act of embracing the future while preserving the past.-- Stanislao G. Pugliese, Hofstra University
Mignone, Mario: - Mario Mignone is the founder and director of the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University. He is director of student exchange programs with University of Rome La Sapienza and University of Messina. Mignone served as chairman of the department of French and Italian at Stony Brook for nine years, founded the Association of Italian American Educators and served as its first president. He is a former president of the Long Island Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Italian.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781599540894 |
| ISBN 10 | 1599540894 |
| Title | The Story of My People |
| Author | Mario B Mignone |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bordighera Press |
| Year published | 2015-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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