how did Rocco Corresca's fortunes change while he was in the United States?
For the answer to the question above, Rocca Corresca was an immigrant that came to America when he was a little boy in 1902. It is hard when Corresca first comes to the US but at the end of three years, he was running a business and even had savings.
In his early age he lived in orphanage where-all the boys would beg every morning. Rocco got frightened when he heard him the old man talking to -someone else and asking the price to make Rocco a cripple. Rocco had also heard rumors of America’s opportunities and he met a young man who pulled a handful of gold and told him he made that in American in few days. He traveled to America by ship and found a job. An Irishman gets him into the job. Gradually he learned English from men and when the job was over he had earned a lot of wealth.