Project Gutenberg 2006-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 39 Rossi, Adolfo 1857 1921 Nel paese dei dollari Tre anni a New-York Produced by Carlo Traverso, Claudio Paganelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense - Milano at http://www.braidense.it/dire.html) "Nel paese dei dollari" by Adolfo Rossi is a novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative explores the experiences of Italian immigrants in America, focusing on socio-economic challenges and cultural encounters in the bustling life of New York City, with some focus on the protagonist Angelo Cornetta, a struggling organ grinder facing dire circumstances. The opening of the story introduces us to Angelo Cornetta, a poor and uneducated musician from Italy who has settled in New York. After being accused of abusing and leading his Irish partner to her death, Cornetta finds himself imprisoned at Sing Sing. The narrative follows his struggles in prison, including a violent confrontation that leads to a murder charge against him, highlighting themes of injustice and the turbulent immigrant experience in America. As the story unfolds, we witness a profound examination of Cornetta’s mental state as he grapples with his impending execution while interacting with the journalist who intends to document his story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) it New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Italians -- New York (State) -- New York F106 Text IT Viaggi Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 334484 334202 2024-09-08T04:57:24.401615 2023-09-08T07:22:40.665007 text/html text/html 334477 334195 2024-09-08T04:57:24.598670 2023-09-08T07:22:40.810023 text/html text/html 172780 2024-09-08T04:57:30.095682 application/epub+zip 177342 2024-09-08T04:57:25.910651 application/epub+zip 177341 2024-09-08T04:57:25.101696 application/epub+zip 334543 2024-09-08T04:57:33.333574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309079 2024-09-08T04:57:29.421648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317222 2022-09-08T13:16:10.939104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 305600 305361 2024-09-08T04:57:24.116630 2023-09-08T07:22:40.414008 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 303672 2012-02-02T21:38:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120707 2012-02-02T21:39:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18181 2024-09-08T04:57:33.466592 application/rdf+xml 13036 2024-09-08T04:57:25.456667 image/jpeg 3339 2024-09-08T04:57:25.279650 image/jpeg 171339 2024-09-08T04:57:24.631625 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog