Newark'S Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward,New Landa During The Medieval Period

During The Medieval Period

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Coming At A Time When Opposition To The Conflict Was Growing And Even Ardent Supporters Were Beginning To Question Its Course

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And The Behindthescenes Dramas Never Told Before

Newark'S Little Italy: The Vanished First Ward,New Landa During The Medieval PeriodMichael Immerso Traces The History Of The First Ward From The Arrival Of The First Italian In The 1870S Until 1953 When The District Was Uprooted To Make Way For Urban Renewal. Richly Illustrated With Photographs Culled From The Albums And Shoeboxes In The Private Collections Of Hundreds Of Former First Ward Families From All Across The United States, The Book Documents The Evolution Of The District From A Small Immigrant Quarter Into A Complex