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Author:

Childress, Diana.

Title:

Barefoot conquistador : Cabeza de Vaca and the struggle for Native American rights / Diana Childress.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

160 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar,--16th cent.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--America--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--Spain--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
America--Spanish--Spanish--Juvenile literature.
Indians, Treatment of--America--History--Juvenile literature.
Indians--First contact with Europeans--Juvenile literature.
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar,--16th cent.
Explorers--America--Biography.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
America--Spanish.--Spanish.
Indians, Treatment of--America--History.
Indians--First contact with Europeans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-156) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Shipwrecked -- Caballero of Jerez -- Conquering the new world -- Preparing for the entrada -- Across the Atlantic to the Indies -- Expedition to disaster -- Stranded in Texas -- Escape from Malhado -- Among the Avavares -- Crossing the country -- Rescue and betrayal -- Return to Spain -- New assignment -- Blazing a trail to Asuncion -- Humane conquistador -- Quest for gold -- Conquistador in chains -- Trial and vindication -- Epilogue: What happened to the others -- Map of Cabeza de Vaca's travels -- Source notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading and websites -- Index.

Summary:

The story of Spanish nobleman Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, who joined an expedition to the New World in 1527. The expedition met with disaster after disaster, eventually leading Cabeza de Vaca to a seven-year stay among the Indians, first as a captive, then as a trader and healer. He came to believe that the Indians should be converted to Christianity with kindness and later attempted to put his ideas into practice.

ISBN:

0822575175 (lib. bdg.)
9780822575177 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

2007022059

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)