Book Launch: The Stowaway in First Class

In a moving presentation this weekend, Anthony DeSantis launched his new book before an enthralled audience at the Italian American Museum of Washington DC (IAMDC). “The Stowaway in First Class: The true Story of an Unforgettable Quest to Come to America” relates his father’s extraordinary journey to America as a stowaway during the late 1920s, when restrictive immigration laws cut off legal entry. It’s a riveting story that adds greatly to the varied, yet ironically similar, personal stories of Italian immigrants fueled by a desire to work hard to build a future for their families and to integrate into a new culture, while holding on to vestiges of their homeland. Books are available on Amazon.

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