A Hero for the Americas The Legend of Gonzalo Guerrero |
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| Author:
| Calder, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88977-509-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Regina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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After being shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1512, Gonzalo Guerrero, as legend has it, adopted the Mayan way of life and became the mythic father of a people--the mestizos. A Hero for the Americas investigates this controversial figure.
After being shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1512, Gonzalo Guerrero, as legend has it, adopted the Mayan way of life and became the mythic father of a people--the mestizos. A Hero for the Americas investigates this controversial figure.