| Through a Portagee Gate: Volume 2 Contributor(s): Felix, Charles Reis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0972256148 ISBN-13: 9780972256148 Publisher: Tagus Press OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003065050 |
| Series: Portuguese in the Americas Series |
| Physical Information: 484 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through a Portagee Gate is both an autobiography and a biography. It gives a remarkably honest self-portrait and an endearing tribute to the author's father, a Portuguese immigrant cobbler who came to America in 1915. The narrative reveals a deep desire to escape the confines of the immigrant, ethnic world, while also acknowledging a keen nostalgia about one's past, a need to remember and recognize those who came before. Felix accomplishes this through unforgettable dialogue and vivid characterizations worthy of Steinbeck--a prose sometimes poignant, at other times hilarious that strips human experience to its bare and powerful elements. |
