Two Hearts in a Melting Pot

Two Hearts in a Melting Pot
We are excited to announce that Paul Kolesar’s book “Two Hearts in a Melting Pot” is being sold at the Carnegie Library of Homestead; hardbacks are being sold for $5.00 and soft backs for $3.00. A Homestead native and former St. John’s Cathedral parish member, Paul Kolesar dedicated his life to art and writing. Over the years he won many awards for his works, both literary and artistic. We would like to thank his wife Florence and her sisters Elaine Gerasi and Jean Repine for their generous donation of his novel “Two hearts in a Melting Pot.”

Summary of book
“Two Hearts in a Melting Pot is the story of John Chelovick and his wife, Annah, immigrants from the mountain region of Austria-Hungary who come to the United States in search of freedom and a better life. The dream of America that has motivated and sustained them however comes into conflict with the realities of life in their new homeland, including ethnic inequality. Paul Kolesar commented in the Library Journal: ‘notably, it is a drama of struggle and pain of laughter and triumph; the heroic exploits of an early steelworker who deserves a high place on any roster America’s builders who turned this country into a powerful nation…From its rich cultural treasure every ethnic group made a sizeable contribution to American culture just as Annah and John who migrated to America made to the small world of Two Hearts in a Melting Pot’” (From Contemporary Authors Volume 105.)