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...no matter how frequently we came, when we arrived, they acted as if we had been away one hundred years. [His grandparents' greeting.]James Vescovi
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Desolina and Tony had attended one-room schoolhouses until the third grade.... According to Tony, there were hardly enough pencils and sober teachers to go around. [Author's grandparents educational background.]James Vescovi
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None of my friends had grandparents like these.... Tony and Desolina were exotic.James Vescovi