The Story of Five Families. Or, How World Events Pushed Enterprising Youngsters From One Tiny Community in the Italian Alps to Put Down Roots in Ferndale

When I was growing up in Humboldt County, I did not learn much from my parents about their lives in Italy; however, I was exposed to the Italian language every day, especially at mealtimes when my father and mother spoke in the dialect of the Trentino region of northern Italy. Although I always spoke to them in English, my memory stored the Italian...