A Philip Turner Book With Rowman Littlefield imprint: 1 book
The Deeds Of My Fathers
How My Grandfather and Father Built New York and Created the Tabloid World of Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
This engrossing saga begins when Generoso Pope, Sr., just 15, flees Italy and his domineering father, sailing to America with only pennies in his pockets. He passes through Ellis Island in 1906 and soon finds work in the sand pits of Long Island, just as this coarse sand, mixed with cement, is becoming...
