Below is an abreviated listing of an early draft of the book's contents. Numbers after each section are estimated page numbers for that earlier draft as printed in 8 1/2 x 11, 12 pt font format. Page numbers below are a general reference only and are different in the published book. In 4 x 6 format, for example, the page count would be much higher. There are currently fifteen geneological graphical trees placed at various places throughout the book along with a large number of photos and document scans.
PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
(This is from contents of an Early Draft. Your edition may be different.)
List of Illustrations............Page 15
BOOK ONE
SALVATORE CARTAINO SCARPITTA & FAMILY
PART ONE: COMING TO AMERICA
CHAPTER 1: A PASSION FOR AMERICA ...............Page 26
The Cartaino Family Tree
Stowaway
Voyage Again.............Page 34
Gaetano & Family
Salvatore Pietro
Lemons, Mafia, and Sulfur
Western Union Delivery
The Strait of Messina............Page 57
Digression: (More…)
CHAPTER 2: PIETRO AND PAOLO I...........Page 66
Cousins: The Three Sculptors
Digression (The Carpathia)
The Heavyweight Champion............Page 80
Connections
Jeanne Bertrand............Page 88
Jeanne’s Mother’s Will
Some Directory Information
Pietro Michael Is Born 95
CHAPTER 3: PIETRO AND PAOLO II............Page 101
A Benefit, A Fire, A Death
Digression (Pietro's Tea Servers)
The Spanish Flu 106
“None of Greater Promise Than... C.S. Pietro”
Digression (Anna) 119
Which Cartaino Are You?
A Scent of Mafia.............Page 131
PART TWO: TWO WIVES, A DESERT, AND A TREE
CHAPTER 4: ANTOINETTE 135
Passion of the Heart
Antoinette & Salvatore 138
Denied
CHAPTER 5: NADIA 147
The Other Woman
Nadia Casts Her Spell 153
A Jealous Man
CHAPTER 6: DOUBT 175
Father and Son
Maria Raises Another Doubt 183
CHAPTER 7: DESERT CROSSING 188
The Gas Station
Son of Tarzan
Desert Songs 194
CHAPTER 8: THE TREE SITTER 207
Be "Brave, But Not Foolish"
PART THREE: WAR AND THE SCULPTOR
CHAPTER 9: THE GREAT WAR 215
World War I 216
Digression (Belgium in WWI)
Veterans Day 222
The Spirit of Louvain 229
Digression (Remembering)
Pietro's War Inspired Art
(Uncle) Luigi's Salvatore 240
CHAPTER 10: SALVATORE AS ARTIST............Page 242
“One of the Most Splendid Sculptors...Since the Renaissance"
Digression (Trip to China) 253
Cora Timken 260
Salvatore’s Commercial Work
1932 Olympics Judge 269
Marlene Dietrich
Musician
Salvatore Speaks 282
Seeing "Beyond The Flesh"
PART FOUR: THE WAR YEARS
CHAPTER 11: ENTERING THE LAIR OF IL DUCE
Salvatore Meets Mussolini: Road Trip 296
Guy’s 1931 Letter Home
Luigi Criscuolo 303
Digression: (More on Luigi Criscuolo)
"My Sculptor" 315
Don't Go! 318
"I Will Not Work For The Enemy of My Country!"
Salvatore Saves A Life 325
Sal in Italy; The Family Leaves Rome
CHAPTER 12: HUNGER
The Allies Move Into Italy 334
Escaped Troops Try To Get Back
No Help From Home
Digression (Secrets)
Fear and Courage 345
The Germans Pull Back
CHAPTER 13: NO RETURN 363
Walking Out & Flagging Mines
A Monuments Man
You May Not Go Home
A Letter From The Bank
Digression (Intellectual Plague)
Digression (Colonel Newton's Letter)
Gilson Blake Writes To Guy 389
A Note on the Mail
What Happened to the Horse Head?
CHAPTER 14: ANA 397
At The Studio Club
The Hollywood Commandos 407
“There Wasn’t Anything He Couldn’t Do”
And Also A Sculptor 418
Digression (Working in Hollywood)
CHAPTER 15: FINAL YEARS 438
“The Principal Difficulty"
A Letter To Guy
Yvonne Writes To Friends
Two Citations
The United Nations 452
Digression (A Tarnished Hope)
Final Days
To Be An American 461
Who Is An American? 463
BOOK TWO
WHAT WAS LEFT OF SALVATORE?
Contents of Book Two
Introduction To Book Two 468
The Will
Frank Cartaino & Family 476
This Is Your Life 491
Nadia's Children: Sal 500
--Sal Leaves Italy 507
Nadia's Children: Yvonne 518
Nadia's Children: Carmen
Digression: (Lessons For Families) 527
BOOK THREE
STORIES OF FIVE CARTAINOS
Contents of Book Three
Introduction to Book Three 533
Brief Review of Book One
MARY
Agata, Antoinette, & Mary 540
Arranged...Or For Love?
Digression (Arranged Marriages)
Maria "Mary" Cartaino
Ana and Guy Move In
Antoinette Dies 557
Mary Marries 564
TURIDO 567
Turido's Tree
Ruth, Graydon, Dan
Sculptor 583
Life After Ruth 592
Loose Ends 600
PIETRO MICHAEL "PIERRE" 606
The Other Pietro 608
Fairer, Kinder, More Forgiving
The Merchant Marine 614
“I Can Never Do Enough!”
At the Railroad Tracks 632
Thoughts on Pierre
JOE 645
Joe's Father 647
Bad Men
Naming Joe Goodrich
Official & Online Document Errors 657
Stella 663
Joe's Early Life
World War II
Love Letter to Melba
Digression: Family in the Military
Life After WWII, Parts One & Two
Patents & Loose Ends 705
A Reflection on Joe
STARR
Childhood Memories 719
Lost Love
Polio 741
Adult Life
Artist 751
BOOK FOUR
LESSONS
Contents of Book Four............Page 757
Important Introduction to Book Four
Inheriting The Cartaino Talent
Fathers–Part One 766
Fathers–Part Two
The Cartaino Name 809
The Scarpitta Separation
Why Do Families Lose Themselves?
Forgotten Generations 824
A Girl and Her Mother
EPILOGUE 829
APPENDIX
I. Lists of Cartaino Artists
II. Children of Lost Fathers 834
III. Cultural Anomalies 836
IV. Sibling Spacings
V. Naming The Kids 840
VII. Salvatore As Sculptor: Early Exhibits and Works
VIII. Saving The Portrait
IX. Salvatore’s Awards: Japan and Cuba
XIII. DNA Connections 872
There are 29...
EXTENDED FOOTNOTES and
AUTHOR'S DIGRESSIONS
Contents of Extended Footnotes............Page 875
1.More… (Chap 1)
3.Pietro's Tea Servers (Chap 3) 884
5. Anna (Chap 3) 891
7.More on Belgium in WWI (Chap 9)
9.A Trip to China? (Chap 10) 904
12.Incorrupt? Maria Cartaino-Scarpitta (Chap 11)
13.Military Commanders (Chap 12)*
15.An "Intellectual Plague" (Chap 13)* 944
17.Working in Hollywood (Chap 14) 957
19.No Agreement (Chap 15)
22.Family in the Military (Bk 3: Joe: WWII)
27.More on Fathers (Bk 4: Lessons)* 1017
...What To Do About Absent Fathers 1023
THE SMALL PRINT
Source Materials............Page 1054
Acknowledgments 1059
Bibliography 1063
END THINGS 1072
About The Author
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