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Port O'Call

Memories of the Portuguese White Fleet in St. John's, Newfoundland

by (author) Priscilla Doel

Publisher
Memorial University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1992
Category
Cultural, Historical
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919666801
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $21.95

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Description

This fleet of dorymen fishing the Grand Banks is now but a memory--and St. John's no longer its port o' call. Through harbour-front conversations in St. John's, Lisbon, Ilhavo and elsewhere, some of that memory is now relived in the pages and photographs of Port O' Call.

About the author

Born on Christmas Day, 1939 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Ms. Doel is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, where she teaches Spanish and Portuguese, Latin American and Luso Brasilian Literature. She studied Spanish and Portuguese at New York University. She and her husband, Bob, live in rural Maine.

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