Sicily: Where Love Is Tapa dura - 2002

Legas Publishing, 2002-06. Paperback. Good.

Brooklyn, New York: Legas, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. 226 pages. One sheet of publisher's ephemera laid in. Inscribed on the half-title page by the author. Inscription reads: To Dona, Best wishes, Dom, 2002. The author's premier work tells the story of Joseph A. Salerno, a visiting professor of Italian language and culture at Columbia University and the history of Joseph and his life. This is the story of two generations of the Salerno family who hail from a small town in central Sicily. The author lead us on a journey through the early 1940's when Joseph Salerno was hired as a professor of Italian at Columbia University. Forced to return to Italy because of the war, Joseph nevertheless had some experiences that would eventually make a fortune for his children. Many years after the family had returned to Sicily and Joseph's children had made a new life for themselves, they discovered a brown leather case with two large straps… Leer más