CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
IThe Impetus and the Method[1]
IILife in a New York Tenement[7]
IIITo Naples in the Steerage of the Lahn[25]
IVConditions in the Neapolitan Zone[47]
VIn the Roman Zone[61]
VIIn the Heel and Toe of the Boot[71]
VIIGualtieri-Sicamino and the Squadrito Family[83]
VIIIThe Sicilian Countryside[104]
IXThe Departure[118]
XFrom Sicily to Naples[130]
XIThrough the City of Thieves[138]
XIIRoguery and Illiteracy[151]
XIIIThe Embarkation Process[159]
XIVThe Voyage[171]
XVThe Voyage (Continued)[184]
XVINearing the Gate[198]
XVIIWithin the Portals of the New World[205]
XVIIIThrough Ellis Island[215]
XIXThe Dispersion[228]
XXThe Struggles of the Gualtieri Boys in New York[238]
XXILegislation and Evasion[246]
XXIIWhat to do With the Immigrant[297]