Echoes of Foiano Di Valfortore, by Billy Spakemon and Angelo Guidotti, subtitled 'The Journey - A Young Boy's incredible story'
Echoes of Foiano Di Valfortore, by Billy Spakemon and Angelo Guidotti, subtitled 'The Journey - A Young Boy's incredible story'
Published by The Kates Hill Press in 2008, 170 pages. Paperback (N6541)
Published by The Kates Hill Press in 2008, 170 pages. Paperback (N6541)
From the rear side cover: Foiano Di Valfortore, a backwater in the Italian province of Benevento, where men toil in fields on picturesque hillsides to eek out a living. Oldbury, in the heart of the Black Country, where men toiled night and day in smoky factories to maintain the post war boom.
Echoes of Foiano Di Valfortore tells of Guido Guidotti's journey from the rolling hills of his forefathers to the rolling mills of the Black Country, a region which at first seem satanic, but will ultimately become a new home and provide a new life for his family.
The Black Country, formed and forged over two centuries by the determination of families from th'off to come in and work in the industries. Top Black Country poet Billy Spakemonjoins Guido's son, Angelo Guidotti to tell a tale of Black Country Italians, proud of their new land but for whom, there will always be Echoes of F oiano Di Valfortore
The book is written as a story recounting events from Angelo's childhood, when his father Guido travelled from Italy to start a new life in the West Midlands.....
The book is in excellent overall condition. The covers are clean and bright, the spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound. There is an old price printed and a small price sticker on the rear side cover.
| Condition | New |