Two Centuries to Freedom: The True Story of One Family's Two-Century Migration from Lucca, Italy, to New...

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David F Menicucci

Two Centuries to Freedom

The True Story of One Family's Two-Century Migration from Lucca, Italy, to New Mexico and Other...

David F Menicucci

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Sunstone Press
01 March 2025

Memoirs; Reference works; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours; Family history, tracing ancestors

In 1910, teenagers Julio and Amerigo Menicucci were among the early twentieth century wave of Italians from the Lucca Province who migrated to the United States. As adults, they established their homes and their families in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The story begins in the late 1700s in Lucca, Italy, at the foothills of the Apennines, where the Menicucci family had lived for many generations. Their saga reveals new history. Learn how an Italian started the city's first Gas War and how another mentored Pete Domenici into politics. Or how an Italian woman rose in a 1960s male-dominated society to create the first facility for severely handicapped children. Learn how the New Mexico Porcini from the Jemez Mountains are stewed, Lucca style. This book provides an in-depth, comprehensive view of the phenomenon of early 20th-century Italian immigration as seen through the eyes of the Menicucci family and contains over a hundred historical photos, maps and diagrams. Dozens of detailed personal stories range from glory to despair. There are hundreds of new historical details about the Italian immigration experience in Michigan, Illinois, California, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, and New Mexico. The book mentions almost every Italian family in Albuquerque between 1900 and 1950. The work is based on official records, published reports, and first-hand accounts. The fascinating struggles of this single destitute family from Lucca, Italy to realize the American dream are related in the context of history.

By: David F Menicucci
Imprint: Sunstone Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.025kg
ISBN: 9781632937506
ISBN 10: 1632937506
Pages: 646
Publication Date: 01 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Menicucci is a professional researcher, retired from Sandia National Labs and a former research faculty member at the University of New Mexico. He was raised in an Italian family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he and his wife live. He has published numerous technical and popular press articles. This is his second book.