Murphy, Jim, 1947-

Pick & shovel poet : the journeys of Pascal D'Angelo / Pick and shovel poet by Jim Murphy. - New York : Clarion books, c2000. - xii, 162 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-156) and index.

A biography of an Italian peasant who immigrated to America in the early twentieth century and endured poverty and the difficult life of an unskilled laborer, determined to become a published poet.

0395776104

00022573


D'Angelo, Pascal, 1894- --Juvenile literature.
D'Angelo, Pascal, 1894-


Italian Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Immigrants--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Italian Americans--Biography.
Immigrants.
Poets, American.


Abruzzo (Italy)--Biography--Juvenile literature.

E184.I8 / D166 2000

973.04/51/0092 B