The book for Italians
and those who wish they were!

Heritage Italian-American Style is now available in a bilingual format. This revised second edition has been expanded from 1492 to 1776 fact-filled questions that highlight the endless contributions made by Italians and Italian Americans to western civilization. The research within these pages encompasses every aspect of innovative genius achieved by the Italian people throughout recorded history in a wide-range of categories. This highly entertaining compendium is comprehensive, easy to read, and fully indexed with more than 2,700 entries. From Julius Caesar to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, from Galileo to Sinatra - who says education can't be fun? This book will give you a greater awareness and a deeper appreciation of the vast contributions made over the last three thousand years by Italians from the Great Roman Empire, through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and right up through today.

Un libro per gli italiani
e tutti quelli che vorrebbero esserlo!

Patrimonio italoamericano è ora disponibile in formato bilingue. In questa seconda edizione, riveduta e corretta, il numero delle domande è stato esteso da 1492 a 1776. Le domande si riferiscono ai molteplici settori in cui gli italiani e gli italo-americani hanno contribuito allo sviluppo della civiltà occidentale. La ricerca per questo libro ha tenuto conto di ogni aspetto della genialità italiana nelle diverse epoche storiche ed è stata organizzata in una vasta gamma di categorie. Facile da leggere, divertente ed accurato, è corredato da un indice di 2.700 voci. Da Giulio Cesare al sindaco di New York, Giuliani, e da Galileo a Frank Sinatra, chi l' ha detto che la cultura non può essere divertente? Questo libro si propone di creare una maggiore consapevolezza e un più profondo apprezzamento dell'enorme contributo che gli italiani hanno dato alla storia del mondo, dall'Impero Romano al Medioevo, fino ad arrivare ai giorni nostri.

Leon J. Radomile has had a life-long love of history. Born in Philadelphia in 1949 of Italian parents, he moved with his family to San Francisco at the age of nine. In 1972, he graduated from the University of San Francisco with a degree in history. In 1999, as a businessman and entrepreneur, he began writing and publishing his own books, beginning with the best selling, bilingual, Heritage Italian-American Style. He followed that success with Heritage Hispanic-American Style in 2003. Becoming involved in genealogical research began as a recurring daydream of his Italian ancestors and grew into this fictional Renaissance adventure, based on the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Happily married to Lanette since 1975, he has two daughters, Lea Linda and Alexandra Marie, and is looking forward to spinning tales for his grandchildren.