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Song of the Tides
Tom Joseph
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Description for Song of the Tides
Paperback. Beginning with their battle against the forces of Ponce de Leon, the Calusa Indians of southwest Florida entered a dark period of European invasion and native resistance, which changed the nature and course of life on the North American continent. This work is set during Spanish entrada into southwest Florida and their encounters with the Calusa. Series: Fire Ant Books. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: FV; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 531.
This is the Calusa's historic rejection of 16th-century Spanish occupiers.Beginning with their battle against the forces of Ponce de Leon, the Calusa Indians of southwest Florida entered a dark period of European invasion and native resistance, which changed the nature and course of life on the North American continent.""Song of the Tides"" is a work of anthropological fiction set during the Spanish entrada into southwest Florida and their encounters with the Calusa. Relying on letters and memoirs, especially those of explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles, shipwrecked captive Escalante Fontaneda, and the Jesuit priest Juan Rogel, Joseph has woven a tale ... Read more
This is the Calusa's historic rejection of 16th-century Spanish occupiers.Beginning with their battle against the forces of Ponce de Leon, the Calusa Indians of southwest Florida entered a dark period of European invasion and native resistance, which changed the nature and course of life on the North American continent.""Song of the Tides"" is a work of anthropological fiction set during the Spanish entrada into southwest Florida and their encounters with the Calusa. Relying on letters and memoirs, especially those of explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles, shipwrecked captive Escalante Fontaneda, and the Jesuit priest Juan Rogel, Joseph has woven a tale ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Fire Ant Books
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817354848
SKU
V9780817354848
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About Tom Joseph
Tom Joseph is a novelist, essayist, former attorney and municipal judge, and independent scholar of Florida history.
Reviews for Song of the Tides
A very well-written, moving and captivating tale that is based substantially on the existing documentation about 16th-century Spanish contact with the Calusa Indians and incorporates a broad range of information from both ethnohistorical and archaeological sources to create a narrative that, although fictional, provides the reader with a substantially factual understanding of the Calusa and their world. I found myself ... Read more