Growing Up Italian: How Being Brought Up as an Italian-American Helped Shape the Characters, Lives, and Fortunes of Twenty-Four Celebrated Americans

by Linda Brandi Cateura

Overview

Memoirs by Mario Cuomo; Yogi Berra; Gay Talese; Helen Boehm; Ken Auletta; John Ciardi; Frank Stella; Eleanor Smeal; Cardinal Bernardin; Arthur Caliandro; Aileen Rioto Sirey; Geraldine Ferraro; Loretta Di Franco; Robert Venturi; Bonnie Tiburzi; Bishop Mugavero; Tony Bennett; Francis Coppola; Michael Andretti; Daniele Gioseffi; Rudolph Giuliani; Alphonse D'Amato; Claudia di Monte; Julie Bovasso.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595143481
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2000
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.28(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

	Papa Mio!	13
	Flying the Coop	19
	Feminist from Ashtabula	29
	Growing up in the American South	41
	The Whole World Was Italian!	51
	The Autocrat of Maida	65
	Magical Childhood	75
	"In Tuscany, There Was a Tiburzi..."	83
	"As a Kid, I Just wanted to Play Ball."	93
	Italian Among the Irish	97
	A Culture of Matriarchs	109
	A Fiercely Prideful Clan	121
	Homage to Astarte, Goddess of Earth	127
	The Difference Was Love	141
	Ariel's Call	159
	Between Two Families: Jews and Italians	169
	Ferrari Is My Favorite	179
	"Fa-la-na-na Bambin"	187
	Upbringing Among Quakers	195
	A Methodist Boyhood	203
	Protecting the Inner Core	213
	Outspoken mayor, battling prosecutor	227
	Mama Knew Best	245
	Why Can't Italians Catch Up?	257