David D'Alessandro
THE MAIN source of protein left in the small mountaintop village was wild blackbirds. As they were consumed faster than they could procreate, there was little food and little choice. Vincenzo, 20 years old, uneducated, and frightened, climbed into a donkey cart and left his parents and the village for the first time. (Full article: 699 words)
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