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A family’s legacy is forever changed in this true story of ransom notes, stowaways, and mobsters. Gold Award winner from the Nonfiction Authors Association. “In The Stowaway in First Class, Anthony DeSantis has crafted a narrative that pulses with the raw, unvarnished heartbeat of the immigrant odyssey—a tale as vast and turbulent as the Atlantic itself. Like the churning wake of the SS Paris, this story drags readers into the depths of human resolve,where desperation and hope collide in a crescendo of grit and glory. His father's journey is not merely a memoir; it is an anthem, a thunderous ballad of betrayal, ransom, and redemption that could only be born from the crucible of early 20th-century America. DeSantis wields his pen like a stevedore’s hook, hauling his father’s past into the light with unflinching clarity. The prose is both intimate and epic. This is the immigrant epic we need now—a story that howls across generations,demanding to be heard.” (NFAA)