Selected Bibliography (books and articles to learn more).
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An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. George De Stefano. New York: Faber and Faber Inc., 2006. Print.
Are Italians White: How Race is Made in America. Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. New York: Routledge, 2003. Print.
Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans. Richard Gambino. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Press, 1974. Print.
Christ in Concrete. (1939). Pietro di Donato. New York: Signet, 1993. Print.
A Concise History of Italy. (1994). Christopher Duggan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Print.
The Fortunate Pilgrim. (1964). Mario Puzo. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. Print.
From Here to Eternity: A Novel. (1951). James Jones. New York: Dial Trade Paperbacks, 2012. Print.
Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster. Jonathan Eig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print.
The Godfather. (1969). Mario Puzzo. New York: Signet, 1978. Print.
Hollywood Italians: Dagoes, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys and Sopranos. Peter Bondanella. New York: Continuum, 2004. Print.
In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times and the Massachusetts Murder Case that Shocked the World. Susan Tejada. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2012. Print.
Italian Folktales in America: The Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman. (1985). Elizabeth Mathis and Richard Raspa. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988. Print.
La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience. Jerre Mangione and Ben Morreale. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993. Print.
Sport and the Shaping of the Italian American Identity. Gerald Gems. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2013. Print.
Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. (1943). William Foote Whyte. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Print.
Strega Nona. (1975). Tomie dePaola. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000. Print.
Umbertina: A Novel. (1979). Helen Barolini. New York: The Femminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999. Print.
The Wine of Our Youth: Selected Stories.(1940). John Fante. New York: Harper Collins, 1985. Print.
The Valachi Papers. Peter Maas. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1968. Print.
Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History. (1997). Richard Gambino. Guernica Editions, 2000. Print.
Wop! A Documentary History of Anti-Italian Discrimination. (1973). Ed. Salvatore J. LaGumina. Buffalo: Guernica, 1999. Print.
An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. George De Stefano. New York: Faber and Faber Inc., 2006. Print.
Are Italians White: How Race is Made in America. Jennifer Guglielmo and Salvatore Salerno. New York: Routledge, 2003. Print.
Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans. Richard Gambino. Garden City, NY: Doubleday Press, 1974. Print.
Christ in Concrete. (1939). Pietro di Donato. New York: Signet, 1993. Print.
A Concise History of Italy. (1994). Christopher Duggan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Print.
The Fortunate Pilgrim. (1964). Mario Puzo. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. Print.
From Here to Eternity: A Novel. (1951). James Jones. New York: Dial Trade Paperbacks, 2012. Print.
Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America's Most Wanted Gangster. Jonathan Eig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010. Print.
The Godfather. (1969). Mario Puzzo. New York: Signet, 1978. Print.
Hollywood Italians: Dagoes, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys and Sopranos. Peter Bondanella. New York: Continuum, 2004. Print.
In Search of Sacco and Vanzetti: Double Lives, Troubled Times and the Massachusetts Murder Case that Shocked the World. Susan Tejada. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 2012. Print.
Italian Folktales in America: The Verbal Art of an Immigrant Woman. (1985). Elizabeth Mathis and Richard Raspa. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988. Print.
La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience. Jerre Mangione and Ben Morreale. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993. Print.
Sport and the Shaping of the Italian American Identity. Gerald Gems. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2013. Print.
Street Corner Society: The Social Structure of an Italian Slum. (1943). William Foote Whyte. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993. Print.
Strega Nona. (1975). Tomie dePaola. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000. Print.
Umbertina: A Novel. (1979). Helen Barolini. New York: The Femminist Press at the City University of New York, 1999. Print.
The Wine of Our Youth: Selected Stories.(1940). John Fante. New York: Harper Collins, 1985. Print.
The Valachi Papers. Peter Maas. New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1968. Print.
Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History. (1997). Richard Gambino. Guernica Editions, 2000. Print.
Wop! A Documentary History of Anti-Italian Discrimination. (1973). Ed. Salvatore J. LaGumina. Buffalo: Guernica, 1999. Print.