Charles Reis Felix
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Charles Reis Felix (born 1923, New Bedford, Massachusetts) is one of America's prominent writers of Luso-American literature.
His work interweaves autobiography, historical narrative and fiction to depict the human experience. Felix's first book, Crossing the Sauer, was an account of his three months as a combat infantryman from January through March, 1945. Crossing the Sauer was hailed by Paul Fussell as "one of the most honest, unforgettable memoirs of the war I've read."
Felix was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, one of four children of Portuguese immigrant parents. He grew up during the Depression and graduated from New Bedford High School in 1941. He studied at the University of Michigan from 1941-43, until he was drafted into the U.S. Army.
After the war Felix received a B.A. in History from Stanford University. He became an elementary-school teacher and spent 31 years in the classroom. Married, with two grown children, he currently (as of 2007) lives with his wife Barbara in a cabin among the redwoods of northern California.
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- Crossing the Sauer: A memoir of World War II (2002)
- Through a Portagee Gate (2004)
- Da Gama, Cary Grant, and the Election of 1934 (2005)
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