Giovanni s Last Shoe: A Historical Narrative of the Giovanni and Rosaria di Bartolomeo Family (Hardcover)

During the late 19th century famine in Europe and America s increasing demand for unskilled labor to construct railroads build canals and work in factories were all driving immigrants to the U.S. From 1880 to 1910 20 million Europeans including four million Italians fled poverty and famine for the United States. The overwhelming demand for unskilled labor an...