Coronado's Quest: The Discovery of the American Southwest
by A. Grove Day
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0935180370
- ISBN 13
- 9780935180374
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Honolulu, HI: Mutual Publishing of Honolulu, 1987 Mutual Publishing of Honolulu, Honolulu, HI. 1987. Softcover/Mass Market Paperback. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New; in vinyl covering opened only for inspection. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 323 pp 12mo; this copy printed without chronology, bibliography, and index. In 1540 Francisco Coronado and his exploring party entered the what is now the American Southwest in search of legendary gold. Their trek took them from what is not California to Arizona and the Grand Canyon to New Mexico and the Indian Pueblos to
Texas, Oklahoma and the Great Bend Country of Kansas. The pageantry of the group is full of Hispanic adventurers, gray-robed friars, valiant Indians, a Moorish slave, and Coronado, the last of the great conquistadores of North America. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013172
- Title
- Coronado's Quest: The Discovery of the American Southwest
- Author
- A. Grove Day
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0935180370
- ISBN 13
- 9780935180374
- Publisher
- Mutual Publishing of Honolulu
- Place of Publication
- Honolulu, HI
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Francisco Vasquez Coronado, Colorado River, Southwest exploration, American Southwest, Grand Canyon, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Cities of Gold, Oklahoma, Texas, Great Bend of Kansas, buffalo hunts,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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