{"product_id":"christ-in-concrete-paperback-2","title":"Christ in Concrete - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePietro Di Donato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuds Terkel\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiving voice to the hardworking Italian immigrants who worked, lived, and died in New York City shortly before the Great Depression, this American classic ranks with Steinbeck's \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath a\u003c\/i\u003es one of the 20th century's great works of social protest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Largely autobiographical, \u003ci\u003eChrist in Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the dramatic Good Friday collapse of a building under construction, crucifying in concrete an Italian construction worker, whose death leaves his pregnant wife and eight children impoverished. His oldest son, Paul, at just twelve years old, must take over his father's role--and his job. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paul's odyssey into manhood begins on the high girders where death is an occupational hazard and a boy's dreams are the first fatality. Written in sonorous prose that recalls the speaker's Italian origins, Pietro di Donato's \u003ci\u003eChrist in Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a powerful social document and a deeply moving story about the American immigrant experience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePietro di Donato\u003c\/b\u003e was born on April 3, 1911, in West Hoboken, New Jersey. When his bricklayer father, Geremio, died in a building collapse in 1923, Pietro left school to support his family as a construction worker. Though he had little formal education, Donato loved French and Russian novels, and took night classes at the city college in construction and engineering. Inspired by the works of Émile Zola, he decided to begin writing about his experiences in the Italian American community. In 1937 the first version of \u003ci\u003eChrist in Concrete\u003c\/i\u003e--a chronicle of his father's life--was published in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. It was then expanded into a novel and became a bestseller. Donato wrote five more books in his lifetime. He died in 1992. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuds Terkel\u003c\/b\u003e (1912-2008) grew up in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1932 and from the University of Chicago Law School in 1934. He acted in radio soap operas, worked as a disk jockey, a radio commentator, and a TV emcee, and traveled all over the world doing on-the-spot interviews. He also had a daily radio program on WFMT in Chicago that was syndicated throughout the country. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Dreams: Lost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWorking\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDivision Street: America Giants of Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eTalking to Myself.\u003c\/i\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.06 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261026812153,"sku":"9780451214218","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1jMXSMkcK89780451214218.webp?v=1768792933","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/christ-in-concrete-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}