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Author:

Reséndez, Andrés.

Title:

A land so strange : the epic journey of Cabeza de Vaca : the extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century / Andrés Reséndez.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiv, 314 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-302) and index.

Contents:

The prize that was snatched away -- A voyage of redemption -- Landfall -- Walking through Florida -- On rafts -- Enslaved -- Into the heart of the continent -- Following the corn trail -- Contact.

ISBN:

0465068413 (pbk.)
9780465068418 (pbk.)
0465068405
9780465068401

OCLC:

(OCoLC)171151948

LCCN:

2007037052

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)