Growing Up Italian : How Being Brought Up as an Italian-American Helped Shape the Characters, Lives, and Fortunes of Twenty-four Celebrated Americans
New York: Quill, 1987. Item #1543 8vo. 235 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 268 pp. With twenty-four bl&w illustrations within the text. Publishers’ softcover wrapper. Book is Very Good: moderate creasing on the covers; light soiling and shelf wear. Otherwise, the text block is clean and without any additions or alterations. A solid copy. First Quill Edition. Linda Brandi Cateura was an American author and journalist. In Growing Up Italian she gives readers twenty-four, brief biographical sketches of notable Italian-Americans focusing on how their culture shaped their life and work. Subjects are pulled from a variety of industries and professions and include Yogi Berra, Francis Coppola, Rudolph Giuliani, and Gay Talese, among many others.
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