An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians

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Nineteenth century Irish and Italian immigrants to New York were rivals who became family when they inter-married in the twentieth century. 

Paul Moses talks about his book An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians. 
Recorded at Canios Books, Sag Harbor. 

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