A novel inspired by a true story that made headlines in The Hartford Courant in 1925.  It takes place in southern Italy and New York City in 1924-25 as well as Hartford, Connecticut in 1962.

In this story of a man's search for his father's murderer, an Italian immigrant breaks a cycle of vengeance.  Salvatore Rosselli is the son of a poor Italian farmer embroiled in a feud over a precious patch of fertile land in an arid region of Foggia in southern Italy.  The events of a single day in 1924 change Salvatore's life forever.  He vows to avenge his father's murder and spends the next year pursuing the killer to Naples and then New York City, where he loses track of him.  When he finds him again it is 38 years later and Salvatore, now a wealthy businessman, is able to forgive his father's killer because of a strange twist of fate.

Publication Date:  2001
Length:  121 pages
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Price:  $9.95
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ISBN:  0-9645-2265-9

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