The biography of Hamilton, Ontario-born Joe Benvenuti, from his early beginnings through his rise to becoming Sacramento, California's own and one of America's most successful Italian immigrants, will launch this summer.

The long-overdue story, written by first-time author and one of Benvenuti's grandsons, Deron R. Benvenuti, tells the stirring account of Benvenuti's epic journey, from humble beginnings on a farm, to becoming an iconic figure who transformed a city. The story portrays the developer, whose parents fled Cosenza, Calabria, Italy at a time of political upheaval and rampant organized crime, through his own eyes.