Between 1880 and 1914, more than four million Italians left Italy and came to America. Of these, nearly 100 families settled in a small town in Central New Jersey named Matawan. This book contains the true stories of why they came, how they lived and the legacy they left behind. Told by sons and daughters, these stories are their recollections of parents and grandparents who are now gone with only our memories to keep them alive. The stories trace these brave people and bring them to life. They worked, they loved and they made great sacrifices to start a new life in a strange country with a...
Between 1880 and 1914, more than four million Italians left Italy and came to America. Of these, nearly 100 families settled in a small town in Centra...
