Doris Gallippi examines and writes their family history and at the same time imparts social history of first generation Americans who courageously forged a path from Italy to America from 1895 to 1922. This book chronicles "An Extraordinary Journey" (published by Xlibris) of emigrants and their treasured families.

This is the story of two opportunity-seeking pioneers, Antonio Gaetano and Giuseppe Gallippi, who, followed by their wives, forged a path from Italy to America at the turn of the 19th century. It tells their story in the historic context of their times from the village life in Italy's oppressive age to America's progressive age. To narrate the tale effectively, Gallippi placed herself in the footsteps of these first generation Americans as they made their way from the old world to the new.

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