It's Only Goodbye: An Immigrant Story (Once Upon America) (edition 1996)

by Virginia T. Gross (Author), Larry Raymond (Illustrator)

Series: Once Upon America

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As ten-year-old Umberto and his father are on their way from Italy to America in 1892, the father is thrown into the ship's brig and Umberto must fend for himself.

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Title:	It's Only Goodbye: An Immigrant Story (Once Upon America)
Authors:	Virginia T. Gross (Author)
Other authors:	Larry Raymond (Illustrator)
Info:	Scholastic (1996), 54 pages, #703
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As ten-year-old Umberto and his father are on their way from Italy to America in 1892, the father is thrown into the ship's brig and Umberto must fend for himself.

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