Book excerpt: The Boundless Lives: Italian Americans of Western Pennsylvania oral histories consist of 75 oral histories and transcripts that were conducted to document the history of prominent Italian American families across Western Pennsylvania. Generally speaking, these oral history interviews revolve around the following key themes: immigration from Italy, settlement in Western Pennsylvania, cultural assimilation, and success in America. As they were conducted by a number of different interviewers, the content, length, style, and quality of these oral histories vary. Of the oral histories that comprise this collection, the following interviews are worthy of mention for their quality of their content: Eugene Barone, Luigi Caruso, Mario Farina, Angelo Gualdaroni, John Notaro, Joe DAndrea, Pietro DiPietro, Providenza Crisanti, Ralph Falbo, and A. J. Palumbo.