Product Description: Growing up in an Italian American Community in New York during the Thirties, Lucy Farentino knew what was expected of women in her family. They became dutiful wives and mothers. Never did she expect to find the passion the charming Mario DiPeri brought into her life, nor the tragedy his successful career as a disk jockey would create once they were married...read more

Recounts the life and exploits of Christopher Columbus, with emphasis on his faith in God.

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An account of the Spanish priest's tireless efforts to bring Christianity and brotherhood to eighteenth-century California

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