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1) Golden Door
Author
Language
Italiano
Description
At the turn of the 20th century, Sicilian peasant Salvatore Mancuso sacrifices everything to begin his transatlantic odyssey to America. During the grueling journey, he meets a beautiful and worldly Englishwoman, Lucy, and romance blossoms. Neither is prepared for the realities of Ellis Island, where they'll stop at nothing to make it through the golden door into the America of their dreams.
2) Golden Door
Language
English
Description
When a Sicilian family is visited by a man who tells them that America is a land of plenty, the Mancusos cautiously accept his offer to take them to America in 1913. After a dangerous voyage aboard an ocean liner, the family arrives in New York to face a number of new challenges, as they abandon their old lives and struggle to assimilate in a massive city that is now their home.
Language
Italiano
Description
Salvatore is a very poor farmer and a widower who decides to emigrate to the U.S. with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is a British woman who wants to go back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, needs to marry someone before she arrives at Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts her proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations...