{"product_id":"the-portugal-story-three-centuries-of-exploration-and-discovery-paperback","title":"The Portugal Story: Three Centuries of Exploration and Discovery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Dos Passos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selective history of Portugal reflects the author's fascination with his own Portuguese\/Madeiran heritage. The work tracks the nation's rise and fall as a world power, drawing from the author's travels and archival research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dos Passos,\" writes historian J. H. Plumb, \"brings to his material a novelist's acute eye for human character and a narrative skill that any historian might envy; and he has produced one of the most readable books on the subject that I know.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Dos Passos \u003c\/b\u003e(1896-1970) was born in Chicago and graduated from Harvard in 1916. His service as an ambulance driver in Europe at the end of World War I led him to write \u003ci\u003eThree Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e in 1919. A prolific travel writer, biographer, playwright, and novelist, he is an American classic of the twentieth century. Dos Passos is the author of \u003ci\u003eManhattan Transfer, Three Soldiers, 1919, \u003c\/i\u003eand many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45338916061286,"sku":"9780385513630","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UXZjY1ZEUmNhZHYvN2R6Nk43QTk1QT09.webp?v=1774648226","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-portugal-story-three-centuries-of-exploration-and-discovery-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}