Two Portuguese Communities in New England (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Two Portuguese Communities in New England (Classic Reprint) written by Donald R. Taft and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Two Portuguese Communities in New England Among this large number a certain few have been pecu liarly helpful. It would be a duty and a pleasure to acknow ledge this help in an extended preface. It happens how ever that the one who, outside Oi my immediate family, has contributed most prefers not to 'be thanked publicly. I shall therefore refrain from mentioning any Of these friends by name. TO them all I owe a debt which cannot be repaid. I should like also to include in my thanks the hundreds of kindly Portuguese folk whose homes I have invaded, and who have almost Without exception received me with gentle courtesy when I was engaged in an in quisitory errand which would have brought me scant wel come in many more cultured households. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.