Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise (Harmony Memoir Series) - Softcover

Gentile, Paul L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933964952 ISBN 13: 9781933964959

Publisher: Bottom Dog Press, 2015

Synopsis

"In Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise, Paul Gentile takes you along on Salvatores journey as he leaves Italy in 1902, works in the mines of Colorado, falls in love with Maria and moves to the Pittsburgh area to work in the mills. Like so many of that time, Salvatore rarely complains and takes his greatest joy in his family. The story that Gentile weaves here will ring true to nearly everyone in America. This book is for historians as well as those who enjoy a good family story." ~Kathleen Ganster, journalist and professor in Pittsburgh, PA.

About this title

Book Description:

Synopsis: Young Salvatore Ciccone leaves Pacentro, Italy in 1902 to come to work in the mines of Colorado where he meets and marries Maria Grosso. When things go horribly wrong with the Starkville mines, they move to Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, where he works in the steel mills. Together they raise five children and create community despite hardship, making their own private paradise. Its a family saga and an American story of immigration and assimilation where individuality and character are not lost.|Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise, Biography

About the Author:

Paul L. Gentile was born in Aliquippa, a steel town in southwestern Pennsylvania. During college he worked in the steel mill, and after graduating from California University of Pennsylvania began a thirty-two year career in education. He has an M.A. degree from Duquesne University and a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He contributes as a guest columnist to the local newspaper, writing on economic and workplace issues. He is the author of the travel memoir Dolce Far Niente: Sweet Doing Nothing. He and his wife live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bottom Dog Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1933964952
• ISBN 13: 9781933964959
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270