Papa Was A Riot: Un Terremoto

About the Book

Ghetto is a word with unflattering connotations. To us young who knew no other world but our Little Italy, it was a wonderland with Marde Gras everyday. It was Papa who made it so.

About the Author

We lived in a cocoon, protected from the outside world. We had what a President of the United States was some years later, to describe "ethnic purity." The storm was brewing in Europe. And the whole world trembled, praying the storm clouds would pass and wise heads would prevail.