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Brutal journey : the epic story of the first crossing of North America / Paul Schneider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider, Paul, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Narváez, Pánfilo de, -1528.
- Narváez, Pánfilo de.
- Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.
- Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar.
- Discoveries in geography.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- America.
- Florida--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Florida.
- Explorers--America--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Explorers--Spain--Biography.
- Spain.
- America--Description and travel.
- Florida--Description and travel.
- Indians of North America--History--16th century.
- Indians of North America.
- History.
- Indians of North America--First contact with other peoples.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : H. Holt, 2006.
- Summary:
- The journey of the Narvaez expedition is one of the greatest survival epics in the history of American exploration. By combining the accounts of the explorers with the most recent findings of archaeologists and academic historians, this work offers an authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration.
- Contents:
- 1 A Continent to Call His Own 7
- 2 The Company Gathers 22
- 3 Across the Ocean Sea 35
- 4 Into the Gulf 59
- 5 The Requirement 78
- 6 In Tocobaga's Charnel House 88
- 7 Leaving Safety Harbor 102
- 8 Across the Withlacoochee 116
- 9 The Sound of Flutes 127
- 10 In the Land of the Apalachee 140
- 11 Chest-High in Hell 154
- 12 Into the Gulf ... Again 166
- 13 Father of Waters 175
- 14 Castaways 190
- 15 The Isle of Bad Fortune 198
- 16 Figueroa's Attempt 213
- 17 The News from Malhado 222
- 18 The Traveling Salesman 230
- 19 Pecans and Prickly Pears 241
- 20 The Burning Bush 257
- 21 The Traveling Medicine Show 269
- 22 Six Hundred Hearts of Deer 288
- 23 Peace in the Valley 297
- 24 Lost in the New World 314.
- Notes:
- "A John Macrae book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-350) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080506835X
- OCLC:
- 60557572
- Publisher Number:
- 9780805068351
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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