{"product_id":"sons-of-ardore-a-bova-family-history","title":"Sons of Ardore - A Bova Family History","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a region of southern Italy that is known as Calabria, far south of Naples, there is a remote town by the name of Ardore.  ItÕs history dates back to ancient Greece; and, in over 2,800 years, a succession of conquerors did little to improve the lives of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-1600Õs, Antonio Bova saw the sale of the town as a feudal estate with an absentee landlord.  By the mid-1700Õs his family had grown and acquired productive agricultural lands. Ardore supported the unification of Italy in 1860, but rebelled when a cholera epidemic ravaged the town. Arciprete Giuseppe Bova rose to a leading role in the town as pastor of the Òmother churchÓ and eventually became a bishop.  And, Joseph Pasquale Bova was one of the earliest of the massive wave of Italian immigrants that came to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eWe explore the experiences of seven generations of the Bova Family and learn how their lives were impacted by the history of Ardore and that of Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Bevc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303910928545,"sku":"9781387138418","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1nzgzr4m-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748323774","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/sons-of-ardore-a-bova-family-history","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}