Growing Up Italian Links and Resources

BEING ITALIAN: A MEMOIR: Author: Marino Amoruso
This is a Special Limited First Edition of the warm, moving, funny critically-acclaimed book about growing up in a very Italian family. If you "grew up Italian" there is no question you will see yourself and your family in this wonderful book. Above all, this truly is an American story about one immigrant family who, like all immigrants to this nation of all ethnic backgrounds, sought only one thing - an opportunity. There are only 500 copies of this Special First Edition available, and each is autographed by the author, Marino Amoruso.

Growing Up Italian (A Blog by Ed Iannuccilli)
Dr. Ed is the author of the popular memoir, "Growing up Italian; Grandfather's Fig Tree and Other Stories." The success of his book has resulted in invitations to speak in the United States and around the world of his heritage and of the Italian immigration. ... And now, becoming equally popular is his blog site! What's nice with his blog is that he sneaks in a classic Italian recipe every now and then :-)

I have personally read this book and totally loved it! The vivid recollection of the memories he had from growing up Italian were a joy to read! Highly recommend the book! Some really wonderful stories that brought back a lot of memories for me. If you grew up in an Italian American household, you will enjoy this book!...and here is a video from Ed Iannuccilli himself talking about his writing of being Italian-American and what it was like to grow up in an Italian home.

Ed has a great post on this page here! We Called It Gravy Too This article is an excerpt from his book. "Growing Up Italian; Grandfather's Fig Tree and Other Stories." Great stuff! :-) I just love this bit about dunking the Italian bread into the pasta sauce. I did this very same thing as a kid!

Growing Up Italian American - This is a great video!!!

Memories of Growing up in an Italian Family - By Glenn J. Beech
Introduction to the Festa Italiana: An Appreciation of All Things Italian.

Our Contributions: The Italians in America - This is a great video!!! This is basically a video with narration of the above Growing Up Italian Story.

Pride & Passion: The Italians In America (Dvd)
The popular and beloved film segment GROWING UP ITALIAN is the prologue to this two-hour award-winning film about the history of the Italians in America. This is another film that should be in every Italian-American home and passed on from generation to generation. PRIDE & PASSION was originally produced as OUR CONTRIBUTIONS: THE ITALIANS IN AMERICA for the PBS Network in 2000. PRIDE & PASSION is the NEW, REVISED and UPDATED version of this very same film.

Italian American History
Italian American History is dedicated to the families and descendants of Italian Immigrants who have contributed to the cultural history in American that we have today.

Italian Americans
A very good article about early immigration of Italians to America and the emergence of Little Italies in America.

Italian Immigration
Another good article about early immigrations of Italy to USA.

Italian American History Timeline on Google
An exhaustive set of links that will take you on a journey through the history of Italian American covering the journey from Italy to America with links to many articles diving into the subject. Lots to learns here!

Savoring Memories of Sunday Dinner - An article by SUSAN RUSSO
A fantastic article about growing up Italian American and all the wonderful food and memories that go along with it. I can so relate to everything in this article. I just had to add a link to this! Thanks Susan for sharing these special memories and some classic Italian recipes as well!

Much more to come!