Steve, What do you mean by somewhat recently? Within the last 5 years? Within the last 18 years? 50 years?
For the longest time, the only book in English was "A History of the Azores Islands" by James H. Guill, published in 1991. He is deceased and his daughter holds the copyright and right now, does not plan on republishing. You might try your local library or see if they can interlibrary loan it to your library. I think the original price was about $28 and I've seen the book go for upwards of $400 on Ebay. The book is 662 pages long. Within the last few years (maybe only 1 - 2 years) another book came out. It was in both English and Portuguese and smaller. I don't own this book, but I saw it. The author joined the list, posted she wrote a book and left the list. I think this is her web site: http://historiadosacores.t35.com/ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
