execution of Sacco and Vanzetti. In 1942, after registering as a conscientious objector to World War II, Di Donato, while working as a forester in a Cooperstown, New York Quaker camp, met former showgirl Helen Dean. They were married in 1943, in a ceremony performed by New York City's Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, and moved to Setauket, Long Island. They had two sons, Peter and Richard, and a stepdaughter, Harriet Mull. Death and legacy Di Donato died of bone cancer January 19, 1992 in Stony Brook, Long Island, with his last unfinished novel, Gospels, unpublished. He is the subject of the book Pietro DiDonato, the Master Builder by Matthew Diomede, published by Bucknell University Press in 1995. Keeping Pietro Di Donato's legacy alive, his son Richard is now maintaining a comprehensive website, detailing events not prior published, at www.PietroDiDonato.com. The town of Union City, New Jersey dedicated Pietro Di Donato Square on May 22, 2010. The Square, which is located at Bergenline Avenue and 31st Street, where Donato once lived, includes a plaque commemorating his life and work. Di Donato's son, Richard, was present at the ceremony. Bibliography Christ in Concrete (1939) This Woman (1958) Immigrant Saint: The Life of Mother Cabrini (1960) Three Circles of Light (1960) The Penitent (1962, biography of Maria Goretti) Naked As An Author (1970) The American Gospels (2000). References External links Special Collections at Stony Brook University house the Di Donato manuscripts, papers and various related artifacts. Pietro di Donatio papers at the Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries. Manuscript sources, reviews, biographical material, interviews, obituary. English students at Stony Brook University explore literary history, conducting research using one-of-a-kind, rare primary sources from the Pietro di Donato Collection. 1911 births 1992 deaths People from Union City, New Jersey American writers of Italian descent American conscientious objectors 20th-century American novelists Novelists from New Jersey Deaths from bone cancer American bricklayers People from Northport, New York People from Stony Brook, New York American male novelists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers