RESILIENCE The Capacity to Persevere, Adapt and Survive / Stories about the people of Serrastretta, Calabria, Italy and how resilience shaped their character

Chris Bevevino

 $26.95 / ISBN: 978-1-58790-517-9 / 290 pages / paperback / 6’x9’” / 60 color photographs

History / travelogue

ABOUT THE BOOK

Between 1880 and 1920, more than five million Sicilians and Calabrians left their homeland, and came predominately to the USA, Canada and Australia. The resilience they inherited from their native lands enabled them to prosper and thrive in the New World.

Chris Bevenio’s new book Resilience traces the origins of how these Southern Italians developed this characteristic. 

The book begins its story 3000 years ago, explaining how Sicilians and Calabrians evolved into today’s southern Italians; and how they gained a multi-cultural strength unique to the world’s population. Over a period of 18 months, the author conducted research and interviewed more than 100 contemporary Calabrians gathering their real-life stories.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Bevevino is a native of western Pennsylvania, raised in Butler County, about 40 miles north of Pittsburgh. His professional career was spent in Washington over 35 years in various management positions for trade and professional non-profit associations. He also served on the board of the American Society of Association Executives and was chairman of its International Committee. During retirement, he has owned and managed an art gallery and custom framing business, and now pursues his writing and painting.