In the course of researching a paper on Josip Broz Tito, I came across this interesting fact in Jasper Ridley's Tito: A Biography:
EDIT: Ack, this should be in Post-1900, might someone please move it?
What if Tito's father manages to raise enough money to send his son to America? What would the teenage Tito do in the new country? What will happen to Yugoslavia without Tito?Franjo [Tito's father] decided to send Josip to the United States as a soon as he could raise the money. But as usuall he was too optimistic. After a few months he told Josip that he could not afford to buy his ticket to America.
EDIT: Ack, this should be in Post-1900, might someone please move it?
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