{"product_id":"9781453519509","title":"An Immigrant's: Long \u0026 Difficult way to Become American","description":"Dr. Nicholas La Bianca was born in Giovinazzo,  \u003cbr\u003e(Bari), Italy in 1930, and during his early life had to live under  \u003cbr\u003ethe Fascist regime and witness depravation, death, and  \u003cbr\u003edestruction brought by WWII. He received the best classical  \u003cbr\u003eeducation available in that country and after the war moved  \u003cbr\u003eto the United States. He joined the US Air Force during the  \u003cbr\u003eKorean Was and after being discharged he obtained a BA from the University of  \u003cbr\u003eIllinois (1957). Moved to New York City and attended night school at CCNY where  \u003cbr\u003ehe obtained an MA in Education (1965). After three years of teaching in the public  \u003cbr\u003eschools of New York City and an additional three years teaching overseas for the  \u003cbr\u003eState Department, he settled in Stony Brook, Long Island where he received a DA  \u003cbr\u003efrom SUNY at that location. He spent the next 25 years teaching Languages at  \u003cbr\u003ethe Three Village School District in that area. He retired in 1990 and continues  \u003cbr\u003eto be active in the field of Education.  \u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of an article on a linguistic study he made on the infl uence of  \u003cbr\u003ethe Romance Languages on the English Language. He has already published three  \u003cbr\u003ebooks: \"LIFE, Its Problems and Some of its Unanswerable Questions\", \"Education- a  \u003cbr\u003eView from Inside\" and Growing up under Fascism in a Little Town in Southern Italy.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107240132848,"sku":"9781453519509","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453519509_p0.jpg?v=1763850051","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453519509","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}