Just Published !!
GRAND PRIZE: RICH WITH CHILDREN
One signed limited edition copy

We’ve always wanted to say this – NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES! Now you can be the first and only one on your block to own a rare copy of this privately published new book by SeacoastNH.com editor J. Dennis Robinson and Seacoast historian Lynne Vachon.

Four years in the making, RICH WITH CHILDREN is the true story of a Sicilian couple who arrived in New England at the dawn of the 20^th century in a wave of millions of Italian immigrants. Gociacchino Sammataro and Anna Librizzi came to escape the poverty of their native land, and discovered the destitute conditions in America. Against all odds, they managed to move from the tenements of Lawrence, MA to their own home where they had 14 children. Based on in-depth research and recorded oral histories, RICH WITH CHILDREN details the life an immigrant family in a foreign nation and casts aside the ethnic stereotypes so frequently promoted by Hollywood films.

"RICH WITH CHILDREN: The Birth of an Italian Family in America" follows the daily life of the Sammataro family through its first century in America. It includes over 200 photographs plus a dramatic and highly-readable account of life below the poverty line -- including incidents in the famous 1912 labor strike that changed the textile industry in America.

This large oversize hardcover will be available exclusively through SeacaostNH.com in the future, but you can win this copy now. It is signed by the authors and published in a limited edition. David and Marie Witham of Seacoast, New Hampshire are publishers. The book was edited by Amy Sutton.

AUGUST HISTORY QUESTION

No Virginia, there were no real witches, but one woman in New Hampshire was convicted and jailed for her supposed supernatural powers. Legend says that, after she died, the good citizens of Hampton, NH drove a wooden stake into this elderly woman’s heart. What was her name? (Click for a hint)

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