Jerre Mangione
Why Included
Memoirist and historian of the Federal Writers' Project, author of Mount Allegro.
Biography
Jerre Mangione wrote about family life and the collection of American stories. Penn Archives identifies his parents as Sicilian. Mount Allegro is a memoir of Italian immigrant life in Rochester, New York. He served as national coordinating editor of the Federal Writers' Project from 1937 to 1939; The Dream and the Deal (1972) examines that project.
Read the Penn memorial alongside its family-origin account. Mount Allegro offers a starting point for considering what a family memoir records and what a reader might corroborate in other sources.
Notable For
- Mount Allegro
- The Dream and the Deal
- Federal Writers’ Project
Sources
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Jerre Mangione Italian?
Yes — Jerre Mangione is of Italian heritage with roots in Sicily. Memoirist and historian of the Federal Writers' Project, author of Mount Allegro.
Articles about Jerre Mangione
Notable Italian Americans: Languages, Books and Public Voices
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Arts & Literature
- Specialty
- Literature/Memoir
- Years
- 1909–1998
- Birth Place
- Rochester, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Sicily
- Publication Status
- Published
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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