The River of Corn : Conquistadors Clash with Native Americans (Paperback)

from kerryreis57

In 1540-41, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto led an expedition of soldiers through what is currently the US south from Florida and the Carolinas to the Mississippi River near Arkansas, running roughshod through Native American tribes in his search for gold. However, de Soto never survived th...

from Uvi_Poznansky

In The River of Corn we step into the earliest days of the exploration of the New World and the threat of destroying its cultures. The novel is told from the point of view of Gomez, a Spanish slave working as a translator for the expedition. He does more than translating when he tries to interven...

from Uvi_Poznansky

In The River of Corn we step into the earliest days of the exploration of the New World and the threat of destroying its cultures. The novel is told from the point of view of Gomez, a Spanish slave working as a translator for the expedition. He does more than translating when he tries to interven...