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The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day Paperback – Illustrated, May 1, 2008
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- Print length344 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBeacon Press
- Publication dateMay 1, 2008
- Dimensions6 x 0.86 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100807050377
- ISBN-13978-0807050378
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"As you flip the pages of The Boston Italians, you can practically smell the sauce simmering on the stove. It's not a dull history lesson but a narrative underdog tale of what Puleo calls the 'real story' of those early southern Italian immigrants."—Dana Barbuto, Patriot Ledger
"At long last, a historically accurate and well-crafted history of the Italian community that flourished in Boston’s North End. Drawing upon original documents, as well as anecdotes from the lives of his own family, Stephen Puleo has produced a work that is a great read for the generalist and a gold mine of information for the specialist."—Thomas H. O’Connor, university historian at Boston College and author of The Boston Irish
"An inspiring contribution not only to the history of the city, but to the story of America. Part elegy, part paean, The Boston Italians is a compelling document that honors the generations of immigrants who inspired it."—Christopher Castellani, author of The Saint of Lost Things
"[Puleo] has written a book that moves along like a fast-paced novel . . . Truly a magnificent work." —Primo Magazine
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- Publisher : Beacon Press; Illustrated edition (May 1, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 344 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0807050377
- ISBN-13 : 978-0807050378
- Item Weight : 1.04 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.86 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #624,810 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #283 in U.S. Immigrant History
- #4,599 in Historical Study (Books)
- #10,058 in U.S. State & Local History
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About the author
Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He has published seven narrative history books, including his most recent: "Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission," published in March 2020.
His eighth book, "The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union," will be published by St. Martin’s Press in April, 2024.
His other books are:
• American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg
Address (2016)
• The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War (2012)
• A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850-1900 (2010)
• The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day (2007)
• Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56 (2005)
• Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (2003)
All of his books have been Boston regional bestsellers and have received national recognition. Steve’s books have been reviewed favorably by the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker, the Boston Globe, the New York Post, Parade magazine, The National Review, Forbes.com, C-SPAN, the Associated Press, the Portland Press Herald, the Providence Journal, the Denver Post, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Hartford Courant, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes and Noble Review.com, the Fredericksburg Star, ForeWord magazine, Shelf Awareness, Library Journal, Booklist, History.com, and Publishers Weekly.
An experienced, dynamic, and in-demand speaker and presenter, he has made more than 650 appearances, before thousands of readers. Events have included bookstore signings, keynote addresses, university appearances, library presentations, historical societies, seminars, panel discussions, industry and professional events, book clubs, and appearances at universities and public and private schools. His books have been woven into the curricula of numerous high schools and colleges, and more than 30 communities have selected his books as “community-wide reads.”
His showcase appearances include: a guest speaker at the National Archives and the National Constitution Center on his book, American Treasures; a keynote speaker for the 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Massachusetts Superior Court; and a panel participant with Italian-American and Jewish-American scholars entitled Italy and the Holocaust: The Calabria Connection, presented at UMass-Boston. He has appeared on C-SPAN, the History Channel, and numerous regional and national radio and television programs. Numerous national media outlets have interviewed Steve, including NBC, the New York Times, Parade magazine, History.com, and the Associated Press. Steve also conducts book-club tours of Boston’s North End, one of the nation’s most historic neighborhoods.
A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor of articles and book reviews to publications and organizations that include American History magazine, Politico, the Boston Globe, and the Bill of Rights Institute, Puleo has also taught history at Suffolk University in Boston and at UMass-Boston. He also has developed and taught numerous writing workshops for high school and college students, as well as for adults who aspire to be writers.
He holds a master’s degree in history from UMass-Boston, where he received the Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement and was the Graduate Convocation keynote speaker. His master’s thesis, From Italy to Boston’s North End: Italian Immigration and Settlement, 1890-1910, has been downloaded nearly 24,000 times by scholars and readers in around the world. Steve is also a Massachusetts Historical Society Fellow. Steve is the past recipient of the prestigious i migliori award, presented by the Pirandello Lyceum to Italian-Americans who have excelled in their fields of endeavor. Steve and his wife Kate, who live south of Boston, donate a portion of his book proceeds to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).
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When I was a boy growing up on the East Coast in the 1950s, the Italians were one of the most admired, most romanticized, groups of people around. Every boy, from Bayonne to Boston, who wasn’t already Italian, at one point or another, wanted to be.
Why not? The Italians had some of the best looking, the best dressed, the most charismatic, and the happiest people. And, more important, they had the best tasting food. They also had the best singers, the best boxers, the best baseball players, and the most notorious gangsters. So what was not to envy?
A few generations before that time, however, as Stephen Puelo’s extremely good book, ‘The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani,' from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day’ makes apparent—during the time of the Great Immigration, 1880 to 1920, and though the Second World War, it was a completely different story. The Italians, especially those from southern Italy, were one of the most looked down on, most discriminated against, most persecuted, and most lynched (second only to black Americans) ethnic groups that ever came to American shores.
My only qualm with ‘The Boston Italians,’ was that the fist half of the book contained many, if not all, of the same people, places and events; the same stories—some almost word for word—that I’d already read in Puelo’s book, ‘Dark Tide,’ only a week earlier. To borrow words from New York Yankees catcher, Yogi Berra, it was like having ‘déjà vu all over again.’ That’s okay, though, because they were good stories; and, almost sixty years beyond boyhood, my fascination with Italian-American culture still hasn’t abated.
Recommendation: Read this book. Learn some stuff. And be brighter, better and happier for the experience.
Kindle Edition eBook on iPad, 323 pages
I really loved this book and plan to start reading Puleo's historical works in order after this. He is a tremendously talented writer.