A-+Life+in+the+Old+World



I came to America from Italy. About 4 1/2 million other Italians made the same journey from the 1880's to the 1920's. I came hoping for a better life. I wanted a good life, with a clean home and plenty to eat. The cities in Italy are crowded and many people are poor. There are no jobs, no good schools and if someone is sick it is very hard to find a doctor. A man working for a railroad company showed me a piece of paper promising farm land to people who traveled to America. This sounded good to me. I wanted my own land, where I could grow plenty of food. I came to build a good life for myself.