Foreword
Even though America is one country, that does not mean that the personal mores of all of its people are the same. The ethnic mixture that makes up America comes from stock with diverse ideas about what is moral and proper and what isn't.
For example, there are still groups of Mormons in this country who espouse-and practice-bigamy. There are religious groups that don't permit divorce or remarriage after widowhood. Incest is defined differently (particularly in marriages) by different ethnic and religious groups.
It is no wonder, then, that small groups of people never fully assimilated into American society, such as some gypsy groups, have their own ideas of morality-which they cling to fiercely.
Still, these people are neighbors. They live here and work here, and sometimes they will be absorbed into the greater America we all know. When they do become totally assimilated, though, it is well to be aware that the influence isn't all one-sided.
The morals and ethnics and viewpoints of minority groups somehow get integrated into the whole and influences it-however minutely.
This book does not stand as an absolute treatise on gypsy life in America, but it does serve to highlight the types of differences that the American people must ultimately exist in their own midst.
-THE PUBLISHER