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Author |
: Sarah Wise |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 458 |
Release |
: 2014-04-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466867802 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1466867809 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Italian Boy by : Sarah Wise
A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men" Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were arrested for murder. Their high-profile trial would unveil London's furtive trade in human corpses carried out by body-snatchers--or "resurrection men"--who killed to satisfy the first rule of the cadaver market: the fresher the body, the higher the price. Historian Sarah Wise reconstructs not only the boy's murder but the chaos and squalor of London that swallowed the fourteen-year-old vagrant long before his corpse appeared on the slab. In 1831, the city's poor were desperate and the wealthy were petrified, the population swelling so fast that old class borders could not possibly hold. All the while, early humanitarians were pushing legislation to protect the disenfranchised, the courts were establishing norms of punishment and execution, and doctors were pioneering the science of human anatomy. Vivid and intricate, The Italian Boy restores to history the lives of the very poorest Londoners and offers an unparalleled account of the sights, sounds, and smells of a city at the brink of a major transformation.
Author |
: Sarah Wise |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 401 |
Release |
: 2004-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780805075373 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0805075372 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Italian Boy by : Sarah Wise
Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, "resurrection men" who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
Author |
: Amanda Recupido |
Publisher |
: Mascot Books |
Total Pages |
: 38 |
Release |
: 2018-01-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1684015103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781684015108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Anthony Rizzo Is a Good Italian Boy by : Amanda Recupido
The Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo loves big family dinners, hitting home runs, and is even willing to share the last cannoli. Find out what else makes him a "good Italian boy" in this story.
Author |
: Donna Jo Napoli |
Publisher |
: Yearling |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2008-12-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307486752 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307486753 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis The King of Mulberry Street by : Donna Jo Napoli
In 1892, nine-year-old Dom’s mother puts him on a ship leaving Italy, bound for America. He is a stowaway, traveling alone and with nothing of value except for a new pair of shoes from his mother. In the turbulent world of homeless children in Manhattan’s Five Points, Dom learns street smarts, and not only survives, but thrives by starting his own business. A vivid, fascinating story of an exceptional boy, based in part on the author’s grandfather.
Author |
: Charles Wheeler Denison |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 1874 |
ISBN-10 |
: NLS:V000567266 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Antoine, the Italian Boy. [With Illustrations.] by : Charles Wheeler Denison
Author |
: Frank J. Tassielli |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2012-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1478394358 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781478394358 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Italian Boy's Life by : Frank J. Tassielli
Born in a small Southern Italian town just off the coast of the Adriatic Sea, Frank traces his days from an early, impoverished childhood filled with family tragedy and his parents' long separation, to his arrival in America, shortly after the end of the Second World War, at the age of six. He writes of his sometimes awkward transition from Old World to New World, caught between two cultures and two languages. With a mixture of humor and pathos, Frank writes of his travails and adventures as an adolescent through his thirty-five years as a high school English teacher and guidance counselor. Included in his memoir are his recollections of the four years he served on active duty in the US Air Force, as well as his college years and beyond. Everyone has a story to tell, and this is Frank's story.
Author |
: Paolo Cognetti |
Publisher |
: Atria Books |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2019-07-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501196713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501196715 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wild Boy by : Paolo Cognetti
A young man escapes his painful past by retreating to the rustic comfort of the Italian Alps in this gorgeously wrought memoir from the internationally bestselling author of the “exquisite” (Annie Proulx) novel The Eight Mountains. When life in the city becomes too overwhelming for Paolo, he decides to take refuge high in the Italian mountains. Returning to the breathtaking Valle d’Aosta—known for its snowcapped mountain peaks—after a decade’s absence, he rediscovers a simpler life and develops deep human connections with two neighbors. In this stunning landscape, he begins to take stock of his life and consider what he truly values. With lyrical and evocative prose, The Wild Boy is a testament to the power of the natural world, the necessity of an ever-questioning mind, and the resilience of the human spirit.
Author |
: Mark Sullivan |
Publisher |
: Lake Union Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1503902374 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781503902374 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Beneath a Scarlet Sky by : Mark Sullivan
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.
Author |
: John L'Heureux |
Publisher |
: House of Stratus |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2014-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781938231483 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1938231481 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Medici Boy by : John L'Heureux
While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello’s passion for his beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save Donatello, even his master’s friend--the great patron of art, Cosimo de’ Medici.
Author |
: Jon Krakauer |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 434 |
Release |
: 2004-06-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781400078998 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1400078997 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Under the Banner of Heaven by : Jon Krakauer
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air, this extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities. • Now an acclaimed FX limited series streaming on HULU. “Fantastic.... Right up there with In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song.” —San Francisco Chronicle Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God; some 40,000 people still practice polygamy in these communities. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer constructs a multi-layered, bone-chilling narrative of messianic delusion, polygamy, savage violence, and unyielding faith. Along the way he uncovers a shadowy offshoot of America’s fastest growing religion, and raises provocative questions about the nature of religious belief.