Vincenza Scarpaci: the Journey of the Italians in America November 24, 2008

Author and historian Vincenza Scarpaci she discusses and signs her new book 'The Journey of the Italians in America.' With photographs from settings as diverse as a canning factory in Salerno to an Italian family's kitchen garden in Walla Walla, Washington, to Italians living in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, 'The Journey of the Italians in America' traces the evolution of the Italian immigrant of the 1800s into today's statesman, movie star, Supreme Court justice, or businessman. An enduring study of ethnicity in America, this chronicle is a timely contribution to the discourse on immigration in the United States.