A view of Cefalu from this morning relayed back to Headquarters by family living on Sicily.
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“He may be just a tramp, a guy that likes to roam about this great country without any special aim, just to thank the Lord for these beautiful mountains.”
-B. Traven, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
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Anyone know of Rossario Macaluso familia born in Cefalu ~1880?
Anyone know of Josephine Iacussi familia liviving in Cefalu,
Sicily?