Introduction: the Italians come.
An iron hand in the wilderness: Henri de Tonti.
He talked of freedom: Philip Mazzei.
The artist of the Capitol: Constantino Brumidi.
The general commands a museum: Luigi Palma di Cesnola.
A saint among the immigrants: Francesca Xavier Cabrini.
The maestro in America: Arturo Toscanini.
A banker for Americans: A. P. Giannini.
The biggest little man in the country: Fiorella H. La Guardia.
Columbus to the atomic age: Enrico Fermi.
A summing up: the Italians stay.
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