{"product_id":"promises-to-keep-the-untold-story-of-a-family-trapped-in-war-torn-italy-paperback","title":"Promises to Keep: The Untold Story of a Family Trapped in War-Torn Italy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Dwyer Ed D.\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Dwyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor several decades, Italian-born Domenico Forte worked hard in America with the hopes of bringing his family with him. It was a slow process punctuated by two world wars. Domenico survived the first war, but World War II found him in America while his family was trapped in some of the most ferocious fighting of the Italian campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Forte family eked out an existence on a farm just outside of Pico, a village in central Italy in the foothills of the Aurunci Mountains. The mountains' towering presence, coupled with a nearby labyrinth of strong rivers, became the setting for some of the most brutal combat of WWII. With a population of about 3,000, Pico became the linchpin of the German defenses; its fleeting military importance quickly brought the scourge of battle upon its citizenry. The Forte family was caught in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePromises to Keep\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the war in Pico from two perspectives. It examines the military backdrop against which the taking of Pico occurred, and discusses the military celebrities in command at the time of the siege. But more than that, it shows how the brutal reality of war affected the population of Pico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 18, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132794441863,"sku":"9780595529001","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9c0c0446ff3f47f7c88a0c34cec08de6.webp?v=1732629441","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/promises-to-keep-the-untold-story-of-a-family-trapped-in-war-torn-italy-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}