Description |
xii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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age Children |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index. |
Summary |
A biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America in the early twentieth century and endured poverty and the difficult life of an unskilled laborer, determined to become a published poet. |
Contents |
Word about Pascal D'Angelo -- "We were going into the unknown"-- "Continuous startling whir" -- con artists, payoff's, and doctors -- "I entertained great doubts" -- Island of tears -- "We set to digging" -- Birds of passage -- "I am noting more than a dog" -- "Now I began to read: -- "Great lesson of America" -- "When the night comes" -- Bibliography and sources -- Index. |
Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
Subject |
D'Angelo, Pascal, 1894-1932. |
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Italian Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Italian Americans -- Biography. |
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Immigrants. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Abruzzo (Italy) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Italian Americans. |
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Italy -- Abruzzo. |
Genre/Form |
Juvenile works.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Pick and shovel poet |
ISBN |
0395776104 |
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9780395776100 |
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