Let me introduce the readers to, as they say, "a guy from the neighborhood," Peter J. Puleo. Peter served as a public servant, a police officer in a suburban community for the best part of his career. He also was a college professor. And now, in addition to these distinguished accomplishments, he became an author — a really talented author.

His grandparents were born and raised in Italy, near Rome on one side and in "a little town just outside of Palermo," the town of Partinico, on the other. They came to the United States after the First World War, like most of our families. His grandfathers were soldiers in the Italian army during that "war to end all wars." Like many of us, Peter remembers one of his grandfathers telling him about his memories of the passage to his new homeland, his dreams of a new life, new opportunities, and the process of going through Ellis Island.

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Fonte: Fra Noi