Sicily's Secrets: The Mafia, Pizza And Hating Rome
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781547225767
- Book Title
- Sicily's Secrets: the Mafia, Pizza and Hating Rome
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Travel
- Topic
- General
- Item Weight
- 22.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 380 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1547225769
ISBN-13
9781547225767
eBay Product ID (ePID)
248239532
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sicily's Secrets: the Mafia, Pizza and Hating Rome
Number of Pages
380 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
General
Genre
Travel
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
22.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
Tourists, armchair travelers and history buffs will delight in this fluid tale of Sicily's secrets. Critically acclaimed author Howard A. DeWitt highlights art, culture, economic issues, governmental changes, colorful mobsters and Sicily's contrarian intellectual ferment. By combining history with tourist favorites the stage is set for a colorful Mafia influenced Sicily with a hatred of Rome. This is a cultural journey through myth and reality in the heart of the Mediterranean.The reader is taken beyond the usual tourist sites, beautiful scenery and DeWitt encourages the traveler to throw out itinerates. He takes the reader beyond the usual tourist sites into a world of unique cuisine, beautiful scenery and people The engrossing narrative has erudite page turning tales of Sicilian wines now popular in a world market, pizza that defines the island and the organic "slow food" movement hampering McDonald's and Starbucks. The tourist friendly cities notably Palermo, Taormina, Agrigento, Cefalu and Syracuse provide a window into Sicily. Churches, ruling peoples and key leaders are important to the island demonstrating Sicilian's have overcome invaders to establish a multicultural civilization. Today Arab influences in local markets are as dominant as European influences. The Mafia controlled city of Corleone is he role model for Mario Puzo's Godfather, and it continues to play to criminal stereotypes. Literary figures Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri highlight the intellectual development of a long neglected island.The role of the Mafia runs through the narrative with two women: Teresa Principato, the first mafia prosecutor and Letizia Battaglia whose photojournalism chronicled Mafia violence setting the stage for how and why the mob murders of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino's led to anti-Mafia successes.The U. S. tourists who are infamous for being rude are, a chapter on Generoso Pope Jr. an Italian who made the National Enquirer a household word in the U. S. and an in-depth analysis of American and Sicilian attitudes on the Obama-Trump years adds interesting insights into the Sicilian mind.DeWitt's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at what makes Sicily a wonderful tourist destination. Sicily's Secrets: The Mob, Pizza and Hating Rome explore the island's soul with touches of history, food, the Mafia and politics. The term Sicilitudine suggests Sicily has a culture apart from Italy and Sicily's greatest writers Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri highlight local intellectual brilliance. The realities of past history help the tourist to understand the forces shaping Sicily today., Tourists, armchair travelers and history buffs will delight in this fluid tale of Sicily's secrets. Critically acclaimed author Howard A. DeWitt highlights art, culture, economic issues, governmental changes, colorful mobsters and Sicily's contrarian intellectual ferment. By combining history with tourist favorites the stage is set for a colorful Mafia influenced Sicily with a hatred of Rome. This is a cultural journey through myth and reality in the heart of the Mediterranean. The reader is taken beyond the usual tourist sites, beautiful scenery and DeWitt encourages the traveler to throw out itinerates. He takes the reader beyond the usual tourist sites into a world of unique cuisine, beautiful scenery and people The engrossing narrative has erudite page turning tales of Sicilian wines now popular in a world market, pizza that defines the island and the organic "slow food" movement hampering McDonald's and Starbucks. The tourist friendly cities notably Palermo, Taormina, Agrigento, Cefalu and Syracuse provide a window into Sicily. Churches, ruling peoples and key leaders are important to the island demonstrating Sicilian's have overcome invaders to establish a multicultural civilization. Today Arab influences in local markets are as dominant as European influences. The Mafia controlled city of Corleone is he role model for Mario Puzo's Godfather, and it continues to play to criminal stereotypes. Literary figures Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri highlight the intellectual development of a long neglected island. The role of the Mafia runs through the narrative with two women: Teresa Principato, the first mafia prosecutor and Letizia Battaglia whose photojournalism chronicled Mafia violence setting the stage for how and why the mob murders of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino's led to anti-Mafia successes. The U. S. tourists who are infamous for being rude are, a chapter on Generoso Pope Jr. an Italian who made the National Enquirer a household word in the U. S. and an in-depth analysis of American and Sicilian attitudes on the Obama-Trump years adds interesting insights into the Sicilian mind. DeWitt's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at what makes Sicily a wonderful tourist destination. Sicily's Secrets: The Mob, Pizza and Hating Rome explore the island's soul with touches of history, food, the Mafia and politics. The term Sicilitudine suggests Sicily has a culture apart from Italy and Sicily's greatest writers Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri highlight local intellectual brilliance. The realities of past history help the tourist to understand the forces shaping Sicily today.
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