About this title: 'Silverberg's brisk clear style ...should be appreciated by the reader ...He has provided a brief, attention-getting narrative of the history of a region often [overlooked]' - "Choice". 'A very good popular history, excellently written' - "Library Review". The peaceable Pueblo Indians seemed an unlikely people to rise emphatically and successfully ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 4/1/1994
ISBN-13:9780803292277ISBN:0803292279
Description: Very Good. 0803292279 Very good to Near New softcover; covers bright and sharp; binding tight; small black remainder mark to bottom of page edges only; text remains crisp and unmarked; appears unread. read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780803292277ISBN:0803292279
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, scratch to the front cover, owner's inscription on the ffep, some underlining and marginalia to the text, and other light shopwear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803292277ISBN:0803292279
Description: Good. 0803292279 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NEBRASKA PR
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780803292277ISBN:0803292279
Description: New. How the Pueblos maintained their independence for a dozen years in plain view of the ambitious Spaniards and how they finally expelled the Spanish is the exciting story of The Pueblo Revolt. Robert Silverberg's descriptions yield a rich picture of Pu... read more
"In 1680, the various pueblo people (redundant, but not in english)of what is now New Mexico revolted and threw out the colonizing Spainards who had controlled them for almost 100 years. The people weren't re-conquered for another twelve.
There probably exists an accurate account of this amazing event--the only time colonizers were defeated and forced out of land they had settled--but htis book isn't it. The author pretty much recounts the story through the "brave" Spainards and consistently uses negative word choices when describing the pueblos and their actions.
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