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Author Schneider, Paul, 1962-

Title Brutal journey : the epic story of the first crossing of North America / Paul Schneider.

Publication Info. New York : H. Holt, [2006]
©2006

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.16 SCHNEIDER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.1 SCH58    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.1 SCHNEIDER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.16 SCHNEIDER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.16 SCH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.1 SCH58    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.16 SCH    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  973.1 SCH    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  973.16 SCHNEIDER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  973.16 SCH5B    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description x, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note "A John Macrae book." -- T.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [322]-350) and index.
Contents A continent to call his own -- The company gathers -- Across the ocean sea -- Into the gulf -- The requirement -- In Tocobaga's charnel house -- Leaving safety harbor -- Across with Withlacoochee -- The sound of flutes -- In the land of the Apalachee -- Chest-high in hell -- Into the gulf...again -- Father of waters -- Castaways -- The isle of bad fortune -- Figueroa's attempt -- The news from Malhado -- The traveling salesman -- Pecans and prickly pears -- The burning bush -- The traveling medicine show -- Six hundred hearts of deer -- Peace in the valley -- Lost in the new world.
Subject Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century.
Florida -- Description and travel.
Florida -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
America -- Description and travel.
Narváez, Pánfilo de, -1528.
Explorers -- America -- Biography.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- 16th century.
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- First contact with Europeans.
Subject Explorers -- Spain -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- History -- 16th century.
Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans.
ISBN 080506835X
Standard No. 9780805068351
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