DOC Iron Courage: Confederate Ironclads in the War Between the States by R. Thomas Campbell in History

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A moving blend of words and images; An Italian American Odyssey tells the story of the journey to America across seven generations of one Italian-American family.Drawing on a remarkable collection of raw material―fragments of family letters; stories; diaries; and other writings; as well as photographs; collages; and assemblages of such humble objects as a pasta cutter; mismatched kitchen chairs; and faded biancheria; or dowry linens―B. Amore fashions a new encounter with American history; as a story retold and reimagined.Lavishly illustrated in full color; this visual memoir is based on Amore’s multimedia exhibition Lifeline: filo della vita; which traveled with great acclaim from the Ellis Island Museum to Boston; Rome; and Naples. Woven throughout are numerous interviews―in both English and Italian; as are many other documents―and historic photographs from the Ellis Island archives. Also included are original essays by Pellegrino D’Acierno; Fred Gardaphè; Jennifer Guglielmo; Edvige Giunta; Flavia Rando; Joseph Sciorra; and Robert Viscusi―who take Amore’s artas a starting point for illuminating explorations of the immigrant experience―from the aesthetics of cultural memory and the persistence of ethnic identity to issues of gender; race; and generational change in Italian-American history and life. The book includes an Italian translation of the full text.The book’s colorful; highly charged assemblages link two worlds; many generations; and one family’s journey to pasts shared by so many millions of others. In its powerful words and images; the children and grandchildren of America’s immigrants can enter B. Amore’s world―and in the process; rediscover their own.