About the author: William V. Fioravanti was born and reared in the Colonial town of Johnstown, New York. He caught the tail end of the bigotry and hatred that had haunted his father and grandfather. The author eventually graduated from Syracuse University where he had studied intensely in Theatre, Literature, and Political Science and History. After many years in the world of business he returned to writing plays and the short book about his grandfather. It is his wish that anyone who reads his work "A Sicilian's Journey" will catch a glimpse of the immigrant experience from a different point