The Fight Abroad and the Fear Back Home: Italians of the California Coast During World War II

by J. Michael Niotta

Plenty of tales of heroism have been shared about the Second World War, but few illustrate the anxiety and injustices endured on U.S. soil. Dick is a fatherless boy and the only man in a household of nine. Anthony is your average Italian kid from Boyle Heights. He's courting Stevie's baby sister, Lucy. Stevie's a go-getter whose reality is carved by his father's sink or swim devotion to LA business. Frankie's a glamor guy attending USC and the privileged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634991877
• ISBN13: 9781634991872
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"