Dominic Lawrence Candeloro

Dominic Candeloro, Latest Publication: Reconstructing Italians in Chicago: Thirty Authors in Search of Roots and Branches---An Anthology Published by Casa Italia Chicago, Italians in Chicago: 1945-2005 Arcadia 2010 Published in 2010, this book is filled with over 200 fresh photos and stories about the Italian immigrants who came to Chicago after World War II. Over 25,000 tailors, tool and die makers, laborers, restauranteurs, wives and mothers, and even mayors flocked to Chicago after 1945, finding their fortunes and enriching the Italianita` of the Chicago Area. -personalized autographs available on request. Italian American culture is at risk of being lost. My work is based on the desire to keep alive the memory of Italian immigrants to American, especially to Chicago. Chicago's Italians: Immigrants, Ethnics, Americans Narrative of the history of Italians in Chicago since 1850. Send check to address below $25 + $4 shipping. This book is also available in Italian on Kindle. Images of America: Italians in Chicago Over two hundred photos highlighting the social, religious, political and neighborhood life of Italians in the Chicago area with emphasis on the period 1880-1960. I am Curator of the Library at Casa Italia 708 345-5933 3800 Division St. Stone Park, (Chicago western suburb) IL 60165. Check the Facebook page of the library and of the author. Candeloro was Co Curator with Artist Meo Carbone of The Dream: per non dimenticare Exhibit at the Archivio Centrale dello Stato, Rome 2005 “The Dream...per non dimenticare” --- an eclectic collection of photographic material from 20 important collections of Italian Americana in the USA and Italy.