Pacino gained experience in Off-Off Broadway productions: The Peace Creeps (1966), America Hurrah and Awake and Sing (1967), and The Indian Wants the Bronx, for which he won an Obie as best actor in an Off-Broadway production (1968). He attended the High School for the Performing Arts, the Herbert Berghof Studio (where he studied under Charles Laughton), and the Actors Studio in New York City. He quit school at age 17, taking jobs as a mail delivery boy, a movie theater usher, a porter, and a building superintendent. He was two years old when his father left the family, and he was brought up by his mother and grandparents in the South Bronx. 1940)Ī widely acclaimed actor in the Method style, Alfred James Pacino was born April 25, 1940, of Sicilian descent to Salvatore and Rose Pacino in New York City. See also GOVERNORS Pacino, Alfred James (b. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1988. Iorizzo, Luciano J., and Salvatore Mondello. New York: American Italian Historical Association, 1990. "Charles Poletti and Fourteen Other Italian American Governors." In Italians in Transition, edited by Joseph V. In November 1782 the Maryland legislature elected Paca governor and reelected him unanimously each of the next two years. In 1778 he was appointed Chief Judge of the state's General Court two years later Congress appointed him Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in admiralty and prize cases. He served on the Committee of Correspondence in Maryland and made contributions of his own money to outfit troops. Paca joined the revolutionary cause for American independence and became a member of the First and Second Continental Congresses from 1774 to 1778. His successful practice in the law, and prominent role as a civic leader, earned him a place in the Maryland provincial legislature from 1764 to 1774. He studied law at Annapolis and completed his legal training at the Inner Temple, London, England, and was admitted to the provincial court in 1764. He graduated from the College of Philadelphia with a master's degree in 1759. The practice of using England as a way station en route to the American colonies was common to many Italians at that time. Paca's ancestors originally came from Italy, moved to England, then migrated to Maryland in the middle of the seventeenth century. He was born 1740 at Abington, Harford County, Maryland, and died 1799 at his country home, Wye Hall. I wrap in poly bag, enclose cardboard to protect, ship daily, TRACK, and guarantee.AN0017445827 04nov.99 2006Mar06.13:00 v2.2.460 P Paca, William (1740-1799)Ī signer of the Declaration of Independence, William Paca served as the first Italian American governor from 1782 to 1785. Full TITLE: Growing Up Italian: How Being Brought Up As an Italian-American Helped Shape the Characters, Lives and Fortunes of Twenty-Four Celebrated Americans (Hardcover) by Linda Brandi Cateura (Author) Richard Oriolo (Book Designer) 6.5 x 9.5 x 1.1 in. 1st edition, 4th Impression Language: English. Publisher: William Morrow & Co 1st edition (Jan.1, 1987). Very clean Near Fine unbumped off-white paper covered boards with green buckram cloth quarter-binding around silver-lettered spine. DJ not clipped, DJ spine slightly sunned, with minor wear/closed tear at head & foot of spine is now blind repaired & reinforced. Pristine burnt orange heavy end papers & all pages are unmarked and without creases tight, square spine & strong hinges. (Please CLICK to see my 6 photos, including Contents pages.). 24 Itlaian-American Biopics based on Interviews. First Edition 1987 Wm Morrow Nonfiction Like New Hardcover with VG-plus DJ, 4th printing.
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