Little Catania: Recollections of Life in Coal Patch America

by C.V. Miani and Kathy Becker

The Valente family has left their Sicilian village of Catania, where they have been living at the foot of a menacing volcano, to fulfill their dreams in America. They settle in a coal patch town in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, nestled in the glorious Laurel Mountains. Paul Valente age thirteen, first generation American, emerges as the provider for the family of ten after his father's crippling mining accident.

Struggling to find his identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595451632
• ISBN13: 9780595451630
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"