Cabeza de Vaca

	Brutal Journey, The Epic Story of the First Crossing of North America • Paul Schneider • HISTORY • Schneider interweaves Cabeza de Vaca's eyewitness account with secondary sources to recreate the fascinating history of a doomed 6,000-mile, eight-year Spanish expedtion from Tampa Bay to the Sinaloa on the western coast of Mexico on the heels of Cortes in 1528. Only a handful survived. (NAM35, $16.00)
	Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America • Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca • Cyclone Covey • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The epic story of a conquistador lost in the American wilderness for eight years. (SWU40, $17.95)
	A Land So Strange, the Epic Journey of Cabeza de Vaca • Andre Resendez • HISTORY • The remarkable story of four castaways, the only survivors of a 1528 conquistador expedition, who undertook a journey from Florida to the Pacific. In their 8-year journey, they explored strange lands, traversed the Gulf of Mexico by raft, and spent time as slaves in Texas. (USA178, $26.95)
	The Shipwrecked Men • Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca • LITERATURE • These short excerpts from Cabeza de Vaca's original 16th-century account show a handful of survivors from a confident, well-equipped Spanish expedition stumbling toward Mexico. (USW513, $10.00)

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