{"product_id":"the-portugal-story-9780385513630","title":"The Portugal Story","description":"This 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. \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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Roderigo Dos Passos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385513630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40605334208627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":27.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0531e68f-c80c-42f6-a7e6-99da69d65f3b.jpg?v=1669488732","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-portugal-story-9780385513630","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}