"In Salvatore and Maria: Finding Paradise, Paul Gentile takes you along on Salvatore's journey as he leaves Italy in 1902, works in the mines of Colorado, falls in love with Maria and moves to the Pittsburgh area to work in the mills. Like so many of that time, Salvatore rarely complains and takes his greatest joy in his family. The story that Gentile weaves here will ring true to nearly everyone in America. This book is for historians as well as those who enjoy a good family story." Kathleen Ganster, journalist and professor in Pittsburgh, PA.