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Italian-Americana: Explorers, Entertainers, and Eccentrics
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Entertainment & Performing Arts
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ISBN10: 110592811X
ISBN13: 9781105928116
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Dec 28 2025
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.46 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781105928116
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Dec 28 2025
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.46 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Italian-Americana: Explorers, Entertainers, and Eccentrics By Brian D'Ambrosio celebrates the bold, brilliant, and sometimes baffling stories of Italian-Americans who left their mark on history, culture, and imagination. From the daring explorers Amerigo Vespucci and John Cabot to visionary innovators like Antonio Meucci and A.P. Giannini, these pages reveal how ambition and ingenuity shaped a nation. Entertainers, artists, and writers-from Liberace to Lawrence Ferlinghetti-brought style, wit, and creativity to American life, while sporting legends like Eddie Arcaro, Hank Luisetti, and Gene Sarazen rewrote the rules of the game. Behind the scenes, inventors and craftsmen like Luigi Del Bianco and Frank Zamboni transformed the built and cultural world. And the book does not shy away from complexity, exploring controversial figures, tragic stories, and historic debates that reveal the tensions and contradictions of the Italian-American experience. Vibrant, sweeping, and endlessly fascinating, Italian-Americana is a portrait of a people whose impact is as varied as it is enduring.
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