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Title: Cabeza De Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Cabeza De Vaca, Cyclone Covey ISBN: 0-8263-0656-X Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Harrowing, must-read classic--to Mexico from Florida in 1528
Comment: I had never heard of Cabeza De Vaca until I chanced across this book. This is Cabeza De Vaca's story of how he, among two hundred Spanish soldiers, was shipwrecked in Florida in 1528. This harrowing but fascinating story tells about the walk to the nearest Spanish outpost--in Mexico.
It takes years, of course, and along the way, Cabeza De Vaca is sometimes treated as a slave and sometimes as a medicine man by the Indians he encounters. When he arrives in Mexico, he is accompanied only by a large troupe of Indians--everyone else is dead. And the Indians with him are immediately enslaved themselves. He spent the rest of his life battling to help the Indians.
For further information, see
http://www3.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs610/cabeza.htm.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning true story
Comment: After reading Cabeza de Vaca's account, it is hard to believe his tale hasn't been made into an epic movie. Of course, the story's treatment of Indians as real, complex people would not have worked in the era of the cowboy-and-Indian movies. Ironically, now that attitudes toward Native Americans would allow a sensitive treatment, such a vast story would be prohibitively expensive to shoot and take several hours to tell properly. But the payoff would be immense. When the lights came up, the viewers would wonder how they ever could have settled for the mythical movie "Dances with Wolves".
Note: Cabeza de Vaca's story is paraphrased in a book called "Journey into Darkness". It helps greatly in understanding the true nature of his journey, telling, for example, what Indian tribes he may have been encountering and where exactly he was at a given time. Incidently, Cabeza de Vaca greatly underestimated the distance he had traveled.
Rating: 5
Summary: Naked faith
Comment: I concur with all those who have praised this book, particularly the reviewer who suggested that it offered a great deal to confound many Christians who are hard-headedly (as well as hard-heartedly) devoted to the pet doctrines of their particular faction. But, of course, non-Christians will likely find de Vaca's account even more provocative. This is one of the more politically incorrect but utterly worthwhile books I have ever read. Along with an unforgettable tale of survival, there's faith healing, a resurrection, and even an account of a native tribe that practices homosexual marriage. Perhaps foremost among those who were most astonished by the miracles he wrought was de Vaca himself. But for the fact that he survived to tell it, de Vaca's story is so extraordinary most would find it impossible to believe.
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Title: The Norton Book of Travel by Paul Fussell ISBN: 0393024814 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1987 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: A Woman's World: True Stories of Life on the Road by Marybeth Bond, Dervla Murphy ISBN: 1885211953 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Account: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca's Relacion by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Martin A. Favata, Jose B. Fernandez ISBN: 1558850600 Publisher: Arte Publico Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: A Zuni Life: A Pueblo Indian in Two Worlds by Virgil Wyaco, J. A. Jones, Carroll L. Riley, J.A. Jones ISBN: 0826318819 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Narrative of Cabeza De Vaca by Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, Rolena Adorno, Patrick Charles Pautz, Alvar Nuunez Cabeza de Vaca ISBN: 080326416X Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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