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Argentina: The Story of Italian Immigration

Written byDavid Sasaki
Posted 7 February 2006 3:49 GMT

Jeff Barry recounts the history of his girlfriend's ancestors who immigrated to Quilmes after their Adriatic coastal town was occupied my German soldiers. Barry makes the story – representative of a generation of Italian immigrants – come alive with vivid descriptions of their trials and tribulations.

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