| ESTEVAN |
| Walking Across America |
| by Mary Dodson Wade | |||
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| Estevan, a slave born in Morocco, was one of the three men, along with Cabeza de Vaca, who survived shipwreck and harsh years in the American Southwest in the 1500s. Soon after he got to Mexico City, the Spanish viceroy sent back him back north to find a way for Coronado's army to reach the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Of course, there were no such places. Estevan got as far as the Zuņi pueblo, on the border between what is today Arizona and New Mexico. |
| WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK: Review of Texas Books: ". . . an eye-catching book, and the adventure related is an eye-opener in its danger and excitement. . . . This amazing story, based on The Narrative by Cabeza de Vaca, is sure to pique the interest of second to fourth graders in their study of the history of the exploration of Texas." |
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