Table of Contents
Preface ix
I Revolution and Promise
Chapter 1 The Turquoise Room (Nyack, 1935) 3
Chapter 2 Invaders and Popes (475-1700) Napoleon's Italy (1792-1815) 15
Chapter 3 The Barn and the Castle (Maida, 1815-1840) 27
Chapter 4 La rivoluzione (1840-1871) 48
Chapter 5 La rivoluzione mancata (1871-1900) 73
II Coming to America
Chapter 6 Lady Liberty (1900) 99
Chapter 7 Mario, Paolo, and Friends (1896-1902) 109
Chapter 8 Views of Maida: Teresa (1901-1909) 137
Chapter 9 The Giant at the Top of the Stairs (1909-1914) 165
Chapter 10 La Grande Guerra (1914-1919) 189
Chapter 11 Views of Maida: Teresa and Michele (1919-1927) 212
Chapter 12 The Move to America (1927-1930) 233
III The Great Depression
Chapter 13 The Depression (1932) 255
Chapter 14 The Lady from Rochester (1932-1936) 277
Chapter 15 The Sewing Machine (1936) 295
Chapter 16 The Truss (1937) 312
Chapter 17 The Visitors (1937) 324
Chapter 18 A Midsummer Knight's Dream (Nyack, 1938) 341
Chapter 19 The Stranger on Sidney's Porch (1939) 362
Chapter 20 An Angel Passes By (1939) 372
Chapter 21 'Nando's Wonderful Shoes (1939-1940) 388
Chapter 22 The Depression Eases (1940) 408
IV War
Chapter 23 The Map (1940-1941) 423
Chapter 24 "Time goes slow when you don t do nothin'!" (Nyack, 1941-1945) 449
V Promises Kept
Chapter 25 Good Years (Nyack, 1945-1950) 471
Chapter 26 At the Top of the Hill (Nyack, 2009) 489
Photo Album 501
References 513
Index 521
Author 523