The story of Italian families immigrating to various cities in Northeast Ohio starting in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s has been documented in books and newspapers for many years. One city that remained unexplored was the Akron and Summit County area.

Now, there is a new book published by John Vallillo and available to order on the Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites that aims to fill that need to more completely tell the tale of the thousands who moved here to work and find a better life.