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Sixty Acres and a Barn: A Novel (Portuguese in the Americas) - Softcover

Lewis, Alfred

 
9781933227399: Sixty Acres and a Barn: A Novel (Portuguese in the Americas)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1933227397 ISBN 13: 9781933227399
Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Sixty Acres and a Barn tells the captivating coming-of-age story of Luis Sarmento, an immigrant from the Azores who finds in America tolerance, prosperity, and emotional fulfillment. This fascinating slice of immigrant life in California dairy farming explores in lyrical, realistic, and insightful prose the obstacles faced by those who live in insular enclaves between cultures. Sixty Acres and a Barn will appeal to readers interested in Portuguese American literature, ethnic literature, immigrant literature, California regional literature, and dairy farms.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

ALFRED LEWIS (1902 1977), born on the mid-Atlantic island of Flores, immigrated to California in 1922, studied law, and eventually served as a municipal judge in the San Joaquin Valley. He is the author of Home Is an Island. FRANK F. SOUSA received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the Director of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Professor of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. DONALD WARRIN specializes in the history and literature of Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants in the United States at the Regional Oral History Office at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

ALFRED LEWIS (1902&;1977), born on the mid-Atlantic island of Flores, immigrated to California in 1922, studied law, and eventually served as a municipal judge in the San Joaquin Valley. He is the author of Home Is an Island. FRANK F. SOUSA received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the Director of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture and Professor of Portuguese at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. DONALD WARRIN specializes in the history and literature of Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants in the United States at the Regional Oral History Office at The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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Verlag
University of Massachusetts Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1933227397
ISBN 13 
9781933227399
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
164
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