Through a Portagee Gate (Portuguese in the Americas Series)

About this book

Through a Portagee Gate is both an autobiography and a biography. It gives a remarkably honest self-portrait and an endearing tribute to the authors 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 ones past a need to remember and recognize those who came before. Felix accomplishes this through unforgettable dialogue and vivid characterizations worthy of Steinbecka prose sometimes poignant at other times hilarious that strips human experience to its bare and powerful elements.