They say a picture is worth 1000 words. The picture that has been hanging on the dining room wall in the Choppa house says it all for this family. It is six generations of Della Cioppa/Choppa men, all who are self-employed businessmen. Jo-Ann Choppa had these photos made into one beautiful collage of the six men in their formal wear. She gave it to her husband Anthony as a Columbus Day gift. Little did she know that years later it would be the basis for this entire book. Choppa and Sons details the lives and businesses of six generations of men from Bellona to Albany. It intertwines family, food, faith, hardship, and the struggles and successes of being a business owner. This is a family history that tells the emotional story of how love, honor, and respect bond a family together. From the “old country” to the “old neighborhood,” the Choppa family paved their way and laid a solid foundation for future generations. The stories in this book have been told around dinner tables for decades, finally coming to life on paper, in the long awaited family history, Choppa and Sons.