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ITALIAN AMERICANS OF NEWARK, BELLEVILLE (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))

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Dr. Sandra Lee as in all she undertakes has done a masterful job of bringing back the memories of another not too distant time. Her pictures are remarkable because they bring to life the sense of connection and life force that were part of the Italian American community in Newark, Nutley and Belleville. I have made this book my Christmas in July gift to many friends and they have then told me about their own recollections and stories. The conversation flows and once again the feeling of connection. Whatever your ethnicity, wherever your beginning roots, you will find pictures that will match pictures you may have from those times and inspire your own reminiscing with friends and family. Buy this book.
Sheila Sidney Bender, PhD co-author The Energy of Belief: Psychology's Power Tools to Focus Intention and Release Blocking Beliefs

I'm from Caposele (I was born there in 1974), and was really curious to learn how other people from my town lived the challenges that an emigration in another country gives. I appreciated the old photos from Caposele and nearby towns in Irpinia, in the South of Italy.

THE PICTURES AND BY-LINES ARE PRICELESS! MY ONE CRITICISM IS THAT THE SAME FAMILIES ARE SHOWN OVER AND OVER. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO WISH THEY KNEW WHEN THIS DATA WAS BEING COLLECTED SO THEY TOO COULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PICTORIAL.