Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian [Hardcover]

Federico Moramarco (Author), Federico Morqmarco (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 246 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559725125
• ISBN-13: 978-1559725125
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #205,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Federico Moramarco is Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University where he taught American Literature and Creative Writing for many years. . He is the author of seven books, including The Poetry of Men's Lives, Men of Our Time, Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian, and Deliciously Italian. He co-authored the latter two books with his son, Stephen. His poetry and literary criticism has been published in many magazines and journals including American Poetry Review, The Literary Review, The Western Humanities Review, The Nation, and many others and his selected poems are gathered in "The City of Eden"

Federico has appeared on many San Diego stages, most recently in what he regards as his most difficult role--that of George W. Bush's defense attorney in Sledgehammer Theater's production of The Trial of George W. Bush. He is the Artistic Director of Laterthanever Productions and produced the Patte Award winning Hannah and Martin at the Lyceum Theater in 2006. He also produced and directed the west coast premiere of A.R. Gurney's Mrs. Farnsworth at an earlier incarnation of the Ark Theater in 2004, and adapted and directed three of Raymond Carver's short stories (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love) for the stage in January, 2009. He lives in San Diego.

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29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cute but not a serious book., November 21, 2000

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james Siera (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian (Hardcover)

A friend recommended this book and it has some interesting sections, but misses the mark in many areas. For example, many major works of art are missing and many important figures in Italian and Italian-American history.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a great gift, December 5, 2000

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Richard B. Peacock (Carlsbad Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to Be Proud You're Italian (Hardcover)

I'm not Italian, but the book is a perfect gift for someone who is. The real beauty of the book is in its prose. The authors' genuine love of the Italian culture comes through in the poetry of the written word.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brief But Informative., January 7, 2007

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This review is from: Italian Pride: 101 Reasons to be Proud You're Italian (Paperback)

The authors give more than 101 reasons for "Italian Pride." From Amore{love| to Wine dozens of tidbits are here to wet the appetite for more in depth research. For that alone I give it 3 stars. I give it 4 overall because it paints a mosaic of all the myriad fields that Italians have contributed to. It is divided into four parts. "Culture & History, Places, People, & Food. Each part has twenty or more briefchapters of 2-4 pages.

Various topics of interest include "Scientists, Italian Jews, Soccer, Verona{the most Roman city outside of Rome}, Italian women like Maria Montessori, the fine composer Verdi, to the regional cultural & culinary styles. This will be a good introduction for those people unfamiliar with anything Italian, especially good for kids.