{"product_id":"italian-americans-in-world-war-peter-belmonte-9781634991766","title":"Italian Americans in World War I from the Chicago Area: A Case Study of Calabrians","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores Calabrian immigrants' service in World War I, their sacrifices, bravery, and historical impact.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of immigrants from the southern Italian region of Calabria came to the Chicago-area in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. As many as 8,000 of them served in the U.S. military during World War I, and until now no effort has been made to document their story. Historian Peter L. Belmonte has been researching these men using military, immigration, naturalization, census, family, and other records for more than twenty years. This book recounts the military history of more than 380 men from the province of Cosenza, Calabria. Their history highlights the role of the U.S. military in World War I; they served in every type of unit, from stateside camps to the trenches of France and even to the frozen wasteland of Siberia. Some of them earned medals for bravery. Many of the men suffered life-changing wounds, and some made the supreme sacrifice. Long without a voice in historical works, their story is finally told here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Belmonte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634991761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634991766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Belmonte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097039249663,"sku":"9781634991766","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/italian-americans-in-world-war-peter-belmonte-9781634991766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}