Since the 1600s, Qafa men have lost their lives and taken lives fighting against the Ottoman Turks, the Yugoslavian Serbs, and the communists. Simon Qafa tells the story of Pjeter Cup Qafa, his father, who was known as "the legend of the mountains" for his role as one of the most important freedom fighters of his day.
Simon's life is chronicled here with a roller coaster journey from his childhood in Albania and Kosovo, the seminary in Rome,
prison in New York, and as a family man and active advocate against communism.
Louis Romano is of Sicilian descent. He grew up in The Bronx, NY and attributes his books' themes largely to that heritage and circumstance.