Images of America: ITALIANS IN NEW ORLEANS
The new book by Joseph Maselli and Dominic Candeloro
 
This book, a photographic portrayal of Italians and their contributions to the City, gives a visual history from the immigrants arrival, the hardships, and discrimination they endured, to their many success stories.

In this volume Joseph Maselli, the editor of the Italian American Digest, and Dominic Candeloro, Executive Director of the American Italian Historical Association, have partnered to use the rich holdings of the American Italian Renaissance Foundation Museum of New Orleans (which Maselli founded) to create an authentic and lively photographic history of Italians in the New Orleans area. With the assistance of Bette Cadwell and Karen Quaglino Daray of the museum staff, Maselli and Candeloro explore the social, family, political and religious history of one of New Orleans most remarkable ethnic groups.

Between 1850 and 1870 New Orleans boasted the largest Italian born population of any city in the United States. Its early Italian immigrants included not only ordinary hard working individuals, but also musicians, business leaders and diplomats. In 1891, eleven members of the Sicilian settlement in New Orleans were victims of the largest mass lynching in American history. By 1910, the city’s French Quarter was a "Little Palermo," with Italian entrepreneurs, laborers and restaurateurs dominating the scene. The book is available at your local book retail outlets or you may purchase by ordering.

Mail your check or money order to:
American Italian Renaissance Foundation
P.O. Box 2392
New Orleans, La 70176.

Price: $19.99 plus $5.00 for Shipping and Handling
Book Specifications: 130 pages, 196 photos, softback.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Company, Mount Pleasant, SC, 29464.