{"product_id":"caldo-verde-is-not-stone-soup-persons-names-words-and-proverbs-in-portuguese-america-9781433138102","title":"Caldo Verde Is Not Stone Soup; Persons, Names, Words, and Proverbs in Portuguese America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaldo Verde Is Not Stone Soup\u003c\/em\u003e identifies elements of an emerging Portuguese American culture in the United States. The book discusses subjects and themes that reflect the richness and diversity of this culture. Included are analyses of the Portuguese fondness for nicknames over surnames, pejorative terms (\"portugee,\" \"Gee\"), beau ideal heroes (John Philip Sousa, John Dos Passos, and Peter Francisco), now forgotten early emigrants, foreign visitors to the Azores (Samuel Longfellow and Thomas Wentworth Higginson), proverbs from the oral and literary traditions, the Portuguese sailor on American ships, and the saga of \u003ci\u003eEnglish As She Is Spoke\u003c\/i\u003e, a serious-minded textbook that became a comic phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Monteiro, George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781433138102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"George Monteiro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32962720858187,"sku":"9781433138102","price":115.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_b32aee67-667d-4214-b6f4-019ef64020fd.jpg?v=1605736684","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/caldo-verde-is-not-stone-soup-persons-names-words-and-proverbs-in-portuguese-america-9781433138102","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}