Falconara: A Family Odyssey

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Collecting the 1939 New York World's Fair

Impossible, or at least improbable. Rose finally decided to find out with the help of her journalist husband, setting out on a twelve-year voyage to uncover the truth behind the family legend.

She learned about her father's grandfather Agosto, who gambled away the family lands. And her mother's dashing father Chico, who had his way with women. And a fearsome warrior named Scanderbeg.

Collecting the 1939 New York World's Fair

And her ancestors who commuted across oceans seeking a better life. Finally, what about the mysterious country from which came those ancestors came?

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Albania had been closed for decades to American historians and tourists. Only when the Iron Curtain fell was she finally permitted to visit Albania and learn both the beginning and ending of her own family history.

Rose Musacchio Higdon's book, "Falconara" written in collaboration with her husband, Hal tells the story of this family odyssey. It is a gripping tale, even more amazing because it is true.

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