Pick and Shovel Poet

The Journeys of Pascal D'Angelo

By Murphy, Jim

Publishers Summary:
A biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America in the early twentieth century and endured poverty and the difficult life of an unskilled laborer, determined to become a published poet.

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ISBN
978-0-39577-610-0
Publisher
New York : Clarion books, c2000.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2002

Gr 5-Up An excellent biography, replete with evocative photos. Murphy recounts D'Angelo's early life and his emigration to America with his father in an attempt to save their family from the crushing poverty of Italy in 1910. The author poignantly captures their struggle, which, like that of so many immigrants, entailed prejudice, cold, hunger, and constant worry over where...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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