I remembered Cortez and Montezuma from grade school history. Spanish conquistador Cortez conquered Montezuma and the vast Aztec empire with a small military force that overwhelmed the primitive Indians with their vastly superior "modern" weapons and horses. I remember the Aztecs as heathen overlo...
This reads like an epic adventure story but is backed up by a lot of historical research. If you are expecting a slow tedious historical narrative then this isn't it. It's written like fiction and in fact this episode in history (the book covers just a few years) is so incredible it seems like fi...
The Green Hell:The unknown has always beckoned to the human spirit. It's what compels us to seek out the most foreboding lands, the highest mountains and the darkest rivers. Whether it's for God, Country, King or Riches. There's no stoping us and the ends often justify the means. Anything or ...
THE REAL KING OF THE WILD FRONTIER David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sal...