THE CARTAINOS
MEN OF PASSION — MEN OF STONE
The True Life and Loves of
Salvatore Cartaino Scarpitta and Family

Salvatore

"Declared by critics to be one of the best sculptors Italy has produced since the Renaissance."
Commended by both Britain and the United States for helping to save over 600 lives during World War II. His story was told on the popular This Is Your Life television series in 1953.
Adventurer • Lover • Composer • Singer • Sculptor • Hero
A Judge selected for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics

 

C. S. Pietro
First cousin to Salvatore. Sculptor and friend to John Boroughs, William Howard Taft, Henry Ford and others. Famously known in New York as "Society's Sculptor."
With brother, Paolo, and cousin, Salvatore,
Pietro was one of The Three Sculptors™.
A story of love, betrayal, and loss.

Salvatore Pietro Cartaino

Son of Pietro, and also a professional sculptor. He produced major art for Las Vegas casinos and for many famous people of the day.
This is the poignant story of a father's loss of his
son's love.
 

TOUCHING THE MANY LIVES...

...THAT ARE UNCOVERED in this extensive work are Marlene Dietrich, Frank Capra, Charlie Chaplin, Audrey Munson (famed New York model), Kamuela Searle (the Son of Tarzan), Frank Sinatra, Mussolini, Admiral John Hall, Jr. (the “Viking of Assault"), and countless others. Check back often to be among the first to know when this classic story of an Italian-American immigrant sculptor is released!

C. S. Paulo
First cousin to Salvatore and older brother to Pietro. Painter, prolific sculptor...and Pietro's protector.
Paolo later adopted his brother's son.
With brother, Pietro, and cousin, Salvatore, Paolo was one of The Three Sculptors™.
 

Maria
Daughter of Pietro

In the midst of a difficult relationship for Maria comes the narrative of a tragic romance in a story spanning three continents. Maria is the mother of professional artist, Starr Abbott Merkle—whose story is also told.

Joe

Narrowly rescued by his mother from life with a powerful Mafia figure, Joe lived through dangers and difficulties in World War II Alaska before struggling towards his own dream of raising a family.

Salvatore, Jr.

Second son of Salvatore. From a storyful beginning, to a boy who became the national tree-sitting champion, to World War II partisan and a Monuments Man in Italy, Sal, Jr., went on to become an artist whose works are now collected by the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Gallery. Sal was a grand story teller and a story unto himself.

Guy

The story of Guy, Salvatore's oldest son, is a romantic story set in World War II Hollywood. One of the famed Hollywood Commandos, "...there wasn't anything he couldn't do." Nominated for a television Emmy® Award, Guy, like his father, was an outstanding sculptor.

Below are just a few of the people found in this multi-generational true story of an Italian immigrant and his family. Read just those stories of interest to you, or immerse yourself in the full saga of this family's adventures, struggles, tragedies, loves, triumphs, and their lessons for everyone. This will become a classic for generations to come!

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Many More

Others include Stella Cartaino (C.S. Pietro's wife); Baroness Cusa; Antoinette; Nadia; Luigi Criscuolo; Ana; Salvatore's daughter: Maria; Salvatore's brother: Frank Cartaino & Frank's family; twice hero, Arthur Gramza, and more. Also included is information on popular photographer, Jeanne Bertrand, found nowhere else. Each brings their own story of struggle, transitions — and love.

Starr

Granddaughter of Pietro, Starr alone has carried on the substance of the classic art embodied in those who went before her. Her story of surviving polio as a girl, giving her the time and drive to become the successful artist she became, is an example to others.

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Authoritative

Primary source materials combined with numerous exclusive interviews with story principals, their families and others who knew them, provide "the best researched and most authoritative book on Salvatore and his family on the planet.*"
*Source Materials in The Cartainos.

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Includes an extensive and substantive section on the importance of fathers in this and all families. This may be the most important section in the book. Also included are suggestions for saving your family's history.

Pietro Michael

A man of great love and caring. There was great sadness in him and in his children as they were forced to grow up apart from their father. Throughout their lives, Pietro Michael's children harbored a constant longing for his love. From where else would it come?