<Many snips> >Diaz del Castillo read the book and >got mad. Although almost 80 years old, he sat down and dictated from memory a book to tell how the events >really had unfolded. His book, "The _True_ History of the Conquest of New Spain," is a classic of Latin >American history and much of what we know of the era comes from his vivid descriptions and accounts. > > :-) > > ralph diaz ========= ralph, believe it or not. That book is on a top 10 reading list for *Summer Beach Readings* see: http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/display/dmay97.html bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 20 1999 - 17:06:31 PST
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