Juan Ponce de Leon
Claude Hurwicz
Briefly describes the life of the Spanish explorer who first came to the New World with Columbus and went on to become governer of Puerto Rico and later came to Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth.
Read Time: ~4.2 hr
Warrior herdsmen
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1981)
About this book
"The Dodoth―a tall, handsome people of the northern tip of Uganda―are a tribe in transition. They are proud, often cruel, warrior herdsmen whose oldest members live just as they did hundreds of years ago, but whose younger members sometimes learn to read and write and have brushed against the modern world. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas accompanied three anthropological expeditions to Africa and lived among the Dodoth. She displays a remarkable ability to communicate with the tribespeople and describe their lives and customs"--amazon.com.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreWarrior herdsmen Lead Character
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