AUDIOBOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECOND EDITION
As is mentioned in the Introduction To The Audiobook, the numbers in brackets below are section (not chapter) numbers. Think of them as "audiobook pieces™." In common with many audiobooks, the audiobook is slightly abridged from the ebook. In part, missing are the appendices, one digression, many footnotes, acknowledgments and source materials, as well as photos & graphics.
Title Page
[1] AUDIOBOOK INTRODUCTION
[2] Introduction
[3] BOOK ONE: SALVATORE CARTAINO SCARPITTA & FAMILY
[4] A Boy Who Fell, a Folk Hero, a Stowaway
[5] Voyage Again
[6] Gaetano & Family
[7] Salvatore Pietro
[8] Lemons, Mafia, and Sulfur
[9] Steerage
[10] Western Union Delivery
[11] The Strait of Messina
[12] Earthquake
[13] Digression: (More From Mowbray)
[14] Return From Digression: More From Mowbray
[15] CHAPTER 2: PIETRO AND PAOLO I
Cousins: The Three Sculptors
[16] Digression: (The Carpathia)
[17] Return From Digression: The Carpathia
[18] The Heavyweight Champion
[19] Connections
[20] Jeanne Bertrand
Jeanne’s Mother’s Will
[21] Some Directory Information
[22] Pietro Michael Is Born
[23] CHAPTER 3: PIETRO AND PAOLO II
[24] Digression: (Pietro's Tea Servers)
[25] The Fire/The Spanish Flu
[26] Digression: (Forgotten History)
[27] Return From Digression: Forgotten History
[28] “None of Greater Promise…”
[29] Paolo
[30] Digression: (Anna)
[31] Return From Digression: Anna
[32] Which Cartaino Are You?
[33] Digression: (Counting Salvatores)
[34] A Scent of Mafia
[35] PART TWO: TWO WIVES, A DESERT, AND A TREE
CHAPTER 4: ANTOINETTE
Passion of the Heart
[36] Antoinette & Salvatore
[37] Denied
[38] CHAPTER 5: NADIA
The Power of Woman
[39] The Other Woman
[40] Nadia Casts Her Spell
[41] A Jealous Man
[42] Married?
[43] CHAPTER 6: DOUBT
Father and Son
[44] Maria Raises Another Doubt
[45] CHAPTER 7: DESERT CROSSING
The Gas Station
[46] Son of Tarzan
[47] Desert Songs
[48] The Tribal Ring
[49] CHAPTER 8: THE TREE SITTER
Be "Brave, But Not Foolish"
[50] PART THREE: WAR AND THE SCULPTOR
CHAPTER 9: THE GREAT WAR
World War I
[51] Digression: (Belgium in WWI)
[52] Return From Digression: Belgium
[53] Veterans Day
[54] Audrey Munson
[55] The Spirit of Louvain
[56] Digression: (Remembering)
[57] Return From Digression: Remembering
[58] Pietro's War Inspired Art
[59] (Uncle) Luigi's Salvatore
[60] CHAPTER 10: SALVATORE AS ARTIST
“One of the Most Splendid Sculptors…Since the Renaissance"
[61] Billy Morgan
[62] Letters of Introduction & Select Media Comments
[63] Digression: (Trip to China)
[64] Return From Digression: Trip to China
[65] Cora Timken
[66] Salvatore’s Commercial Work
[67] 1932 Olympics Judge
[68] Marlene Dietrich
[69] I Give My Love
[70] Musician
[71] Salvatore Speaks
[72] Seeing "Beyond The Flesh"
[73] PART FOUR: THE WAR YEARS
CHAPTER 11: ENTERING THE LAIR OF IL DUCE
Road Trip; Salvatore Meets Mussolini
[74] Guy’s 1931 Letter Home
[75] Home and Back
[76] Luigi Criscuolo
[77] Digression: (More on Luigi Criscuolo)
[78] Return From Digression: More on Criscuolo
[79] A Sentimental Nationalist
[80] Digression: (Nationalism)
[81] "My Sculptor"
[82] Stop Voyage!
[83] "I Will Not Work For The Enemy of My Country!"
[84] Salvatore Saves A Life
[85] Sal in Italy; The Family Leaves Rome
[86] Digression: (Incorrupt? Maria Cartaino-Scarpitta)
[87] Return From Digression: Incorrupt?
[88] The Allies Move Into Italy
[89] Digression: (Military Commanders)
[90] Return From Digression: Military Commanders
[91] CHAPTER 12: HUNGER
Escaped Troops Try To Get Back
[92] No Help From Home
[93] Digression: (Secrets)
[94] Return From Digression: Secrets
[95] Fear and Courage
[96] The Germans Pull Back
[97] CHAPTER 13: NO RETURN
Walking Out & Flagging Mines
[98] A Monuments Man
[99] You May Not Go Home
[100] A Letter From The Bank
[101] Entertaining The Troops
[102] Princess Ileana of Romania
[103] Digression: (Intellectual Plague)
[104] Return From Digression: Intellectual Plague
[105] Still Waiting
[106] Digression: (Colonel Newton's Letter)
[107] Gilson Blake Writes To Guy
[108] A Note on the Mail
[109] Bob Robbins
[110] What Happened to the Horse Head?
[111] CHAPTER 14: ANA
A Stunningly Beautiful Woman
[112] At The Studio Club
[113] The Hollywood Commandos
[114] Oswald
[115] “There Wasn’t Anything He Couldn’t Do”
[116] And Also A Sculptor
[117] Marriage
[118] Digression: (Working in Hollywood)
[119] Return From Digression: Hollywood
[120] CHAPTER 15: FINAL YEARS
“The Principal Difficulty"
[121] A Letter To Guy
[122] Yvonne Writes To Friends
[123] Two Citations
[124] The United Nations
[125] Digression: (A Tarnished Hope)
[126] Return From Digression: Tarnished Hope
[127] Digression: (No Agreement)
[128] Final Days
[129] To Be An American
[130] Who Is An American?
[131] BOOK TWO: WHAT WAS LEFT OF SALVATORE?
Introduction To Book Two
[132] The Will
[133] Frank Cartaino & Family
[134] Arthur Gramza
[135] This Is Your Life
[136] Nadia Stern
[137] Nadia's Children: Sal
[138] A Letter to Mother
[139] Sal Leaves Italy
[140] Nadia's Children: Yvonne
[141] Nadia's Children: Carmen
[142] The Family Tears Apart
[143] Digression: (Lessons For Families)
[144] BOOK THREE: STORIES OF FIVE CARTAINOS
Introduction to Book Three
[145] MARY
Agata, Antoinette, & Mary
[146] Antoinette
[147] Arranged? Or For Love?
[148] Digression: (Arranged Marriages)
[149] Return From Digression: Arranged Marriages
[150] Maria "Mary" Cartaino
[151] Ana and Guy Move In
[152] Antoinette Dies
[153] Ana Steps In
[154] Mary Marries
[155] TURIDO
Ruth, Graydon, Dan
[156] Sculptor
[157] Life After Ruth
[158] Denea
[159] Kathleen
[160] Frances
[161] At Peace
[162] Loose Ends
[163] PIETRO MICHAEL "PIERRE"
The Other Pietro
[164] Fairer, Kinder, More Forgiving
[165] The Merchant Marine
[166] “I Can Never Do Enough!”
[167] Ann Wanda
[168] At the Railroad Tracks
[169] Thoughts on Pierre
[170] JOE
Joe's Father
[171] Bad Men
[172] Naming Joe Goodrich
[173] Official & Online Document Errors
[174] Stella
[175] Joe's Early Life
[176] World War II
[177] Love Letter to Melba
[178] Digression: (Family in the Military)
[179] Life After WWII, Part One
[180] Life After WWII, Part Two
[181] Patents & Loose Ends
[182] Digression: (Joe's Patents)
[183] Return From Digression: Joe's Patents
[184] A Reflection on Joe
[185] STARR
Childhood Memories
[186] Lost Love
[187] Digression: (Marrying Cousins & Cartaino Cousin Trivia)
[188] Return From Digression: Marrying Cousins & Trivia
[189] Polio
[190] Adult Life
[191] Digression: (What Is It With The Catholic Church?)
[192] Artist
[193] In Her Own Words
[194] BOOK FOUR: LESSONS OF THE CARTAINOS
An Important Introduction to Book Four
Counsel
[195] The Cartaino Name
[196] The Scarpitta Separation
[197] Inheriting The Cartaino Talent
[198] Fathers
Fathers: Part One
[199] ...The Damage Of Fatherlessness
[200] ...Fathers and Causes of Fatherlessness
[201] ...Some Fatherless Sons
[202] ...Fatherhood and Marriage
[203] ...Sad Fathers; Sad Daughters
[204] Digression: Part One: (More On Fathers)
[205] Digression: Part Two: (What To Do About Absent Fathers)
[206] Fathers: Part Two
[207] Digression: (More Thoughts On Parenting)
[208] Why Do Families Lose Themselves?
[209] Forgotten Generations: Saving Your History
[210]...A Girl and Her Mother
[211] Digression: (Saving Your Family's History)
[212] Reading to Children/Respecting Seniors
[213] Technology Considerations
[214] Factual Errors & Suggestions on Interviews
[215] EPILOGUE
[216] About The Author
[217] More About The Author
[218] Why Did I Do This?
[219] OUT-TRO - END CREDITS
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