Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North AmericaMacmillan, 2007 - 384 pages "Schneider's thorough research and vivid writing create a fast-paced, moving story, one that is difficult to believe and impossible to forget." |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Continent to Call His Own | 7 |
The Company Gathers | 22 |
Across the Ocean Sea | 35 |
Into the Gulf | 59 |
The Requirement | 78 |
In Tocobagas Charnel House | 88 |
Leaving Safety Harbor | 102 |
Into the Gulf Again | 166 |
The Isle of Bad Fortune | 198 |
Pecans and Prickly Pears | 241 |
The Traveling Medicine Show | 269 |
Six Hundred Hearts of Deer | 288 |
Lost in the New World | 314 |
337 | |
Acknowledgments | 351 |
Other editions - View all
Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America Paul Schneider Limited preview - 2006 |
Brutal Journey: The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America Paul Schneider Limited preview - 2013 |