Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life (New York Classics) [Paperback]

Jerre Mangione (Author), Dorothy Canfield (Introduction), Eugene Paul Nassar (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: New York Classics | Publication Date: March 1998

Depicts the lives of Sicilian immigrants in Rochester, New York, in the first half of the twentieth century as their customs blend and clash with those of their adopted country.

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"One of the best books yet published in its field--a book in which you will learn more about the making of an American than in the most solemn or fictional volumes that purport to tell you all about the subject."--San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press; 1st Syracuse University Press ed edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815604297
• ISBN-13: 978-0815604297
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #76 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Regional U.S. > Mid Atlantic

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lovingly told vivid memoir of a colorful family., February 27, 1999

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Henry Cataldo (Winnetka, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life (New York Classics) (Paperback)

Jerre Mangione's writing is so vivid that reading it brought back my childhood years in the 20's and 30's. His Mt Allegro (NY) was my Silver Lake (NJ). His parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, neighbors were mine with similar names. His family gatherings were mine, too. In this land of immigrants, each era has its own stories of growing up in America. Mangione tells his with the greatest affection, bitter-sweet nostalgia, and tender humor. Recently,I gave a copy of Mt Allegro to my Aunt Angie for her 87th birthday. She plans to pass it along to her older sisters.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of "Mount Allegro", August 8, 2009

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Michelle A. Sullivan (Boynton Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life (New York Classics) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed reading this book. I had to review it for a seminar in grad school. It reminded me of stories I have heard from my Italian grandmother.

A wonderful read for anyone with Italian roots!

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful recollection!, December 24, 2011

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Jude Barnes "Jude Barnes" (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mount Allegro: A Memoir of Italian American Life (New York Classics) (Paperback)

A great book on an old Italian neighborhood, now long gone, in Rochester, NY. I loved it & I'm not even from Rochester. It truly is a universal story. Enjoy!!