Get Newarks Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward Articulated By Michael Immerso Issued As Version

Wow! Seeing the photo of my family's bank D'Auria Bank and Trustwas surprising and sad, I think my dad would have had more details and stories to tell, Winner of theNew Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Book Award

Michael Immerso traces the history of the First Ward from the arrival of the first Italian in thes untilwhen the district was uprooted to make way for urban renewal.
Richly illustrated with photographs culled from the albums and shoeboxes in the private collections of hundreds of former First Ward families from all across the United States, the book documents the evolution of the district from a small immigrant quarter into a complex ItalianAmerican neighborhood that thrived during the first half of this century.
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