Don Silva writes about New England. His grandparents emigrated to American from the Madeira Islands. Since 2002, in Funchal, at the Library of Foreign Cultures, he has lectured on Madeira history. ...view moreDon Silva writes about New England. His grandparents emigrated to American from the Madeira Islands. Since 2002, in Funchal, at the Library of Foreign Cultures, he has lectured on Madeira history. He is a poet, mountaineer, gardener and swimmer. He taught at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of Black Kestrel, a Story of Madeira, Booklocker.com, 2006.view less