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Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America 28 reviews
Paul Schneider
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
Stranger than Fiction
This a brilliant interpretation of a hazy piece of history. Four hundred Spaniards under the leadership of Panfilo de Narvaez invade "La Florida" with disastrous consequences. There is starvation, disease, despair and running fights with the natives. The much reduced in number survivors build rafts to sail from this wretched place. Most of the rafters also die one way or another but a few ...
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Naufragios (COLECCION LETRAS HISPANICAS) (Letras Hispanicas) 1 review
Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Catedra, 2006
Love the text, hate the intro
As always, this text by Cabeza de Vaca is a classic and can be read with many ends in mind: proto-ethnography, failed conquest, shipwreck, etc. But the editor is kind of a bonehead, honestly. While he starts off with a discussion of the historiographical issues of the text, the perennial issue of whether it should be regarded as "history" or as "fictive," he pretty much sides with the more ...
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The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca2 reviews
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
University of Nebraska Press, 2003
Better than Fiction
I bought this after reading a little about Cabeza de Vaca in another book (Richard Grant's American Nomads--check it out). It was worth reading if you have an interest in these kinds of things: whether its history, exploration, and discovery that interest you, or wandering, roughing it, and exciting stories of survival.
I haven't looked at any other versions of this book, so I don't have ...
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LA Vaca / The Cow5 reviews
Camilo; Ph.D. Cruz
Taller del Exito, 2004
Excelente¡¡¡¡
Generalmente caemos en el error de buscar que los demás apoyen nuestras decisiones...NO¡¡¡ Si queremos hacer algo, se debe hacer, pues nosotros somos los más importantes y los únicos responsables de nuestras acciones. Algunas personas se especializan en matar sueños...¿Cuantas cosas ha dejado de hacer usted por un comentario negativo de alguien a quien le comentó su idea o sueño?
Este libro ...
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Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition (Penguin Classics)2 reviews
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Penguin Classics, 2002
Impressive story about exploration and survival
I didn't know anything about this real story until I watched BBC Conquistadors. When I learned about Cabeza de Vaca, I was eager to read the account of his years lost, wandering in the south part of North America for 9 long years until he found some "Christians" in the northwest part of Mexico. Although the book is short and simple, the information provided is invaluable, especially with the ...
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The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the ... 2 reviews
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Dover Publications, 2004
First Hand Accounts are the most Fascinating
This report of the 1528 to 1536 "journey" of Cabeza de Vaca is in his own words and that is really what makes this book so interesting, even to this day. The expedition was doomed by greed and stupid decisions from the start and then we follow the story of de Vaca as he survives for 8 years without even the clothes on his back as he travels 6000 miles through unknown geography before returning to ...
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The Account: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's Relacion (Recovering the Us Hispanic Literary Heritage)9 reviews
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Arte Publico Press, 1993
Walking naked across Texas
Texas history begins n 1528, when a hurricane sank a Spanish ship off the coast of Galveston Island. Four survivors washed up naked on the shore, including Governor Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and the black man, Estebano, who had been the slave of one of the drowned men. Thus begins one of the most remarkable adventures in history. This book is Cabeza de Vaca's first person account of his ...
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A Land So Strange: The Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca12 reviews
Andrés Reséndez
Basic Books, 2007
An very readable and exciting true tale of early America
Unlike too many history books by college professors, this book is highly readable and exciting. I was sorry to see it come to an end, and it has sparked my interest in reading related books. And it has many footnotes, so it is easy to find related books! The book was obviously extremely well researched and paints a very balanced picture of native Americans and Spaniard explorers. While ...
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America (Zia Book)18 reviews
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
University of New Mexico Press, 1983
A book of unparralled value.
Why read a 'history' fantasy when you can read one man's true adventure? "Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America" is a real source document. Rolling through the pages one can sense the genuine experience of a man alone in the 'New World', and understand the very real challenges. Through Cabeza de Vaca's eyes one can get a fresh look at the Native American cultures that existed before ...
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La culpa es de la vaca: Anecdotas, parabolas, fabulas y reflexiones sobre el liderazgo
Jaime Lopera Gutierrez
Circulo de Lectores, 2008
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We Came Naked and Barefoot: The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca across North America (Texas Archaeology and ...1 review
Alex D. Krieger
University of Texas Press, 2002
The Travels of Cabeza de Vaca
The Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca and three companions survived eight years (1528-1536) among the Indians of North America and made the first overland crossing of the continent. Cabeza de Vaca's route across the U.S and Mexico has been the subject of many impassioned scholarly examinations. Alex and Margery Krieger's is one of the best.
The book consists of a forward, an updated version ...
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Naufragios de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Echo Library, 2007
Primer de tres tomos de historiadores de Indias.
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Clic Clac Muu Vacas Escritoras
Doreen Cronin
Lectorum Publications, 2001
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A Western Gate: The Return of Saint Agnes1 review
Marcus C. De Vaca
Anagnosis Books, 2005
A Western Gate
For anyone fascinated with the connection between contemporary life and ancient myth and belief, this book is a must read. Written from the perspective of a modern-day descendant of the Spanish explorer, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, the book interweaves excerpts from de Vaca's accounts of his exploration of the New World in the 1500s with a contemporary story of greed and lust for power along the ...
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Cumanda: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle1 review
Juan Leon Mera
AuthorHouse, 2007
Cumandá: The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle
Years ago, when I first heard about this "Drama among Savages" or "The Novel of the Ecuadorian Jungle" "CUNANDA" and then I held in my hands a book in Spanish, I became obsessed with Cumandá and Carlos love story but, my poor knowledge of the language deprived me from comprehending all the details in Juan L. Mera's Novel. Nevertheless Noé O. Vaca translated to English and I own one finally.
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Naufragios Y Comentarios/ Shipwrecks and Commentaries (Relecturas Viajes)1 review
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A., 2008
Cabeza de Vaca: el guerrero y el manso.
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca nació en la ciudad de Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) en 1490. Bajo el mando del gobernador de la Florida Pánfilo de Narváez, fue miembro de una expedición compuesta por trescientos hombres que en 1527 tenían por objetivo encontrar oro, desembarcando por la bahía de la hoy ciudad de Tampa en abril de 1528. Cabeza de Vaca fué guerrero y también un ente manso con delicadeza ...
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Castaway: The Narrative of Alvar Núñez Cageza de Vaca4 reviews
University of California Press, 1993
An extraordinary man -- an extraordinary story!
Cabeza de Vaca's first hand narrative of his experiences in the New World is one of the most gripping true life adventure stories that you can find.
The story is almost five hundred years old. It begins with his selection as treasurer for a Spanish invasion force of six hundred that was intended to conquer Florida (then thought to be an island), sieze the natives' gold and add their bodies ...
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The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America 9 reviews
Nicolas C. Vaca
Harper Perennial, 2004
More Conflict than Alliance
This is the story behind the "other" civil rights struggle in modern America. The title comes from the presumption that many people have that blacks and latinos share much of the same history of segregation and civil rights suppression and that, therefore, they are "presumed" to be allies in the struggle for full citizenship. To the contrary, there are many differences in their historical ...
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