Dorrance Publishing Co.

From Schnitzel to Nockerln Dorrance Publishing Co.

This is a book of travel adventure, often humorous, that extends from the rain forests of Trinidad to the outback of Australia and all the way to the ice-covered continent of Antarctica. The tales continue through China, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, India, The Galapagos Islands, Cuba and the western United States and Canada. Via horseback, zodiac, combi, tundra buggy and small aircraft, the Violas have photographed and written about the natural world on all seven continents. During their adventures, Joy has slept with a Motmot, been face to face with a polar bear and dined on whichetty grub soup. Over the years, Joy and Alfred also garnered more than 2300 species on their respective birders' Life Lists. Although Joy is now an octogenarian, she continues her active lifestyle and international travel.




About the Author

Joy Winkie Viola obtained a BA and MA from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism. Upon graduating, she moved to Boston and began a 33-year career at Northeastern University in a variety of writing positions. She met her chemist husband, Alfred, at Northeastern and together they began a life-long hobby of international travel, nature photography and birding. Alfred passed on from COVID in 2020. Devoted to Golden Retrievers since childhood, she lives in Wayland, Massachusetts with Apollo, her Golden Retriever and Anna, part black Labrador and part mischief.