Thanks Celeste,
Alas no more copies available through Amazon and Powell books doesn't have it. Also tried our inter-library loan and there are only 11 copies available and most of them are in Ca. No time to get it before I leave. Sounds very interesting though. Also thanks for the other reference......will order it....sound good for my collection. Regards, Nancy Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:23:39 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book on Azores History To: [email protected] Hi Nancy, My grandson found it on Amazon.com. There was more than one copy. Another book that might interestyou is Azores: Nine Islands, One History. It is both in Portuguese and English. It deals more with things like discovery, settlement & Demographics; Island administration and politics; geo-strategic issues, economics; social structure; religion and the Catholic church. Not the person touch but still interesting if you are new to the Azorean culture. It is by Susana Goulart Costa, translated to English by Rosa Neves Simas, It was written in 2008 and I got it from the Institute of Governmental Studies Press, University of California, Berkeley. Celeste Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Wed, 7/22/09, nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]> wrote: From: nancy jean baptiste <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book on Azores History To: "azores group" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:39 PM Hi Celeste, The book you reccomend sounds very interesting....I looked on line to purchase a copy and didn't find one......any place special I should look? Also, was able to get the Guill book from inter library loan and have gotten it several times for reference. Oddly enough the University of Oklahoma has a copy. Thanks for the book referral....I'm always looking for an Azorean read. Regards, Nancy Jean Baptista Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:48:31 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book on Azores History To: [email protected] Hi Ben, I agree with John that the Guill book is probably the best; however, it is out of print and quite costly if you can find a used one. I recently re-read a book that is not really intended to be a history of the Azores. What I discovered as I now read it, for many of us it gives a good idea of WHY our ancestors may have left the Azores. The book is, "A quest for the Story of Antonio and Maria from the Azores to Washington township," by Doris Machado Van Scoy. About the author on the back cover: "Doris Machado Van Scoy, a present resident of Los Altos,has lived and worked most of her life in Washington Township--now largely the City of Fremont, California. As a child and third generation descendant of four Azorean-Portuguese immigrants, she was raised with the rick legacy of Azorean famiy values. As an adult and graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, she returned to her native Washington Township to teach high school, marry and raise her two children. "Retirement after 26 years of teaching brought with it the opportunity to pursue her lifelong passion to critically examine and untimately put into print 1) the story of the Azorean-Portuguese immigration to California and 2) the cultural hearitage the early settlers brought with them. "Motivated by the absence of written material on these subjects, coupled with a strong desire to ensure the Azorean's place in California history, she has pieced together historical fact, testimony, and recollections to re-create the lives the 19th century journey of Antonio and Maria, her paternal grandparents. In this three-part documented narrative blending essay, fictionalized biography, and memoir, she captures the essence of the Azorean legacy." I found a used copy on line for under $20.00. Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Wed, 7/22/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book on Azores History To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 2:02 PM In a message dated 7/22/2009 12:37:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: All, Does anyone have a good book on the history of the Azores that they could recommend? I haven't been able to find anything on Amazon that looks like it would be worth purchasing. Also, has anyone read Saudades da Terra, and if so was it good and is there an English translation? Thanks, Ben I've read Saudades da Terra; it is value is not literary but historical and genealogical. There was an English translation of Volume IV, Book 1, by Edna Phillips Kerns; I do not know if it is still available. The translation might be considered amaturish or worse by some, but it is the only English translation ever made available and is invaluable to people searching for S. Miguel ancestors. The best history of the Azores in English is still the book by the late james Guill. (Guill, James H. A History of the Azores. Golden Shield International, Tulare: 1993.) John _________________________________________________________________ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
