An Extraordinary Journey

An Extraordinary Journey is a social history of first generation Americans who courageously forged a path from Italy to America from 1895 to 1922. It tells their stories in the historic context of their time in both Italy and America.

From the unique perspective of walking in the footsteps of these pioneers, this account shows what it was like for each of them to leave their home country and settle in America. The reader will feel what they felt, see what they saw, cry when they cried, and laughed when they laughed on this extraordinary journey.