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NYT > Books ([info]nytbooks) wrote,
@ 2015-08-07 22:12:00

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Bookshelf: The Clash of New York’s Irish and Italians, and the City’s First Black Firefighter

http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/48cecf67/sc/38/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A80C0A90Cnyregion0Cthe0Eclash0Eof0Enew0Eyorks0Eirish0Eand0Eitalians0Eand0Ethe0Ecitys0Efirst0Eblack0Efirefighter0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/the-clash-of-new-yorks-irish-and-italians-and-the-citys-first-black-firefighter.html

A book explores how the Irish and Italians assimilated from separate tracks and on occasion inevitably collided. Another book profiles Wesley Williams, who enlisted with the Fire Department in 1919.










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