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Cities of Gold: A Novel of the Ancient and Modern Southwest
by Hartmann, William K. | HC | Acceptable
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780765301123
- Book Title
- Cities of Gold
- Item Length
- 10.2in
- Publisher
- Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co
- Publication Year
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Features
- Revised
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Suspense, Historical
- Item Width
- 5in
- Item Weight
- 25.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 544 Pages
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Product Information
The Southwestern United States has become a battleground for those who promote new land development and those who wish to preserve the land's beauty and heritage. Drawing together contemporary urban land-use politics and a scandal more than four centuries old, William K. Hartmann has crafted a highly charged novel of injustice with powerful echoes in the modern world. Arizona, 1989. Rooney Development, Inc, hires city planner Kevin Scott to research a potential development site outside Tucson. The president of the corporation hopes to find a colorful historical background that will draw investors to the site. Arizona, 1539. Fray Marcos de Niza of Spain journeys into the unknown and reports the fabled seven cities of gold, launching Coronado's huge army of conquistadors to conquer the American southwest. Coronado's soldiers and later scholars eventually called Marcos a fraud and liar, his report a mere fiction. But Kevin, sifting through mountains of historical documents discovers the truth about Marcos. The friar was discredited for others' profit; conquistadors then, and developers now were pursuing American dream to get rich quick - at the expense of land and history. Rooney's development, Kevin realizes, may hold historic clues to the first Spanish explorations of America. Kevin's report to Rooney becomes the central piece of evidence in a tumultuous legal debate over land use, and Kevin finds himself attacked, like de Niza centuries before and threatened by those whose agendas are hindered by truth. Calling on many historical sources, and quoting actual documents written by de Niza and participants in Coronado's army, William K. Hartmann has fashioned a heartbreakingly brilliant novel of timeless beauty and human betrayal.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co
ISBN-10
0765301121
ISBN-13
9780765301123
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2148739
Product Key Features
Book Title
Cities of Gold
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Thrillers / Suspense, Historical
Publication Year
2002
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.2in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3558.A7143
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Reviews
"An important novel about American heritage, part history and part mystery. Bill Hartmann tells a splendid tale of the first European expeditions into the American Southwest and links it to a modern adventure. He explores the uses of history in our often surreal world and dramatizes the inherent conflict between sense of place and the age-old American drive to get rich quick."Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy "Hartmann is both a distinguished scientist and novelist; here, he draws parallel modern and ancient stories together with extraordinary flair and authority. He has a thorough knowledge of the documentary materials from the 1530s, and has traveled extensively in search of the Marcos route. The reader is left with the feeling, 'Yes, it could have happened just like that!'"Carroll L. Riley Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, author of The Frontier People and Rio del Norte " Cities of Gold is a well-rounded treatment of the mystery of Marcos de Niza. The book weaves together two stories, one modern and one 450 years old, playing them against each other in a way that gives more depth and life to both."Richard Flint, lead editor of The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 15401542 Route Across the Southwest, "An important novel about American heritage, part history and part mystery. Bill Hartmann tells a splendid tale of the first European expeditions into the American Southwest and links it to a modern adventure. He explores the uses of history in our often surreal world and dramatizes the inherent conflict between sense of place and the age-old American drive to get rich quick."-Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy "Hartmann is both a distinguished scientist and novelist; here, he draws parallel modern and ancient stories together with extraordinary flair and authority. He has a thorough knowledge of the documentary materials from the 1530s, and has traveled extensively in search of the Marcos route. The reader is left with the feeling, 'Yes, it could have happened just like that!'"-Carroll L. Riley Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, author of The Frontier People and Rio del Norte " Cities of Gold is a well-rounded treatment of the mystery of Marcos de Niza. The book weaves together two stories, one modern and one 450 years old, playing them against each other in a way that gives more depth and life to both."-Richard Flint, lead editor of The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 15401542 Route Across the Southwest, "An important novel about American heritage, part history and part mystery. Bill Hartmann tells a splendid tale of the first European expeditions into the American Southwest and links it to a modern adventure. He explores the uses of history in our often surreal world and dramatizes the inherent conflict between sense of place and the age-old American drive to get rich quick."-Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior under President John F. Kennedy "Hartmann is both a distinguished scientist and novelist; here, he draws parallel modern and ancient stories together with extraordinary flair and authority. He has a thorough knowledge of the documentary materials from the 1530s, and has traveled extensively in search of the Marcos route. The reader is left with the feeling, 'Yes, it could have happened just like that!'"-Carroll L. Riley Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University, author of The Frontier People and Rio del Norte "Cities of Gold is a well-rounded treatment of the mystery of Marcos de Niza. The book weaves together two stories, one modern and one 450 years old, playing them against each other in a way that gives more depth and life to both."-Richard Flint, lead editor of The Coronado Expedition to Tierra Nueva: The 15401542 Route Across the Southwest
Copyright Date
2003
Lccn
2003-268458
Intended Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
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