Conquistadors in North American History

by Paul Horgan

Well kept and the book is in great shape to read and collect. Sturdy spine, all pages intact. Solid cover.

Genres: History

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Paul Horgan was an American author of fiction and nonfiction, most of which was set in the Southwest. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for history.

The New York Times Review of Books said in 1989: "With the exception of Wallace Stegner, no living American has so distinguished himself in both fiction and history."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ho...

Reviews

[John Blum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started strong but eventually the stories lost anything compelling or ties between them. As history, they aren't necessarily meant to have a hook for the reader, but my interest struggled the last half of third.

[Museveni · Rating 3 out of 5]

Goes through Spanish exploration of North American history Conquistador by Conquistador. The first Conquistadors are fascinating to follow, but the latter become more repetitive, and the book delves too far into the details of each without enough historical and geographical context.

The author promises to try and write the book from every view (the native people and the Spanish) but leans too far towards describing these histories through the Spanish value system. Without previous knowledge, a reader can come away from this book without knowing true extent of long term effect on the indigenous (entire tribes wiped out). The author also gave a lot of focus on details of individual attacks by the Spanish, without details on more long term effects of disease and sudden lifestyle change. To be fair, 1963 though.