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Le molte vite di Adolfo Rossi: emigrante, giornalista, ispettore, diplomatico

2015

Adolfo Rossi (1857-1921) was a figure of relevance in the Italy of the XIX century. Native of the province of Rovigo, in the region of Veneto, aself-taught person, he was first a poor emigrant to the USA who became a journalist and combatant at the end of the century, hired by the most important newspapers; then, he was an itinerant inspector at the Commissariato Generale dell'Emigrazione (1902) and, finally, he was a diplomat in the Americas (from 1908) charged with duties in the Ministero italiano degli Esteri. He was the author of memorable journalistic reportages about social events and about the misery of the life in the peninsular campaign. Meanwhile, his harsh missives from Eritrea l…