into England's American Colonies; it also 1570 depiction of Fizarro's conquest is in- Essential Books

was primary in employing a representative

govermnent. Thus, Horn demonstrates
cluded. Tito Cusi's account was transcribed
in the form of a petition to the Spanish
for the Creative
tKat the Jamestown experience, for good court, seeking redress of wrongs that he Community
and ill. played a formative role in defming enumerates. In his introduction, Bauer
America. Kecommended tor ;ill public li- (English, Univ. of Maryland, College
braries.Karen Sutherland, Bartlett P.L., IL Park; The Cultural Geography of Coloniiil
Amerkiiii Lilcriimrcs) provides background
Lewis, Tom. The Hudson; A History. Yale to the primary source text. Bauer bas done
tjniv. Oct. 2005. c.352p. illus. index. ISBN 0- an admirable job of translating tbe account
300-10424-3. $30. HIST and has striven to make it as accessible as
The Hudson is regarded by Lewis (Eng- possible while remaining true to the origi-
lish, Skidninre Coll.; Iziiipirc oflhc Air: The nal language. The book includes both a
Mai Who Miulf liiidio) as a river of utility, chronology of the conqtiest and a glossary
individuality, community, and symbol. of Quechiia and Spanish terms.
Atter a short discussion ot its geography, Roa-de-la-Carrera (Spanish, Univ.
he provides an overview of its place in of Illinois, Chicago) examines Francisco
history, poiTiting out that his book is not Lopez de Gomara's 16tb-century defense ot
comprehensive but. rather, a survey of the the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Roa-
most iiitluential people and events associ- de-Ia-Carrera makes manifest why Goinara
ated with tbe river. Tbe stories told here cut was unable to legitimize the conquest and
across the territorial, military, industrial, its concomitant cruelties and injustices.
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Henry Hudson and details the role of the with European cultural superiority taktfn
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American Revolution, the Hudson River examined and criticized. Roa-de-la-Car-
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valley was strategic to victory: Washington rera draws upon multiple sources to explain
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and Benedict Arnold's betrayal took place 16th-century, and includes endnotes and a Training from the Source
ISBN 0-321-38403-2, $44,99
there. By 1825, the Erie Canal connected bibliography, as well as an index. Botb of
the Hudson with Lake Erie, and thus the these titles have been written with an aca- Macromedia Flash 8 Advanced
coast to the interior, a route later made demic audience in mind and would make for Windows and Macintosh:
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Hudson's shoreline. Washington Irving's with strong Latin American history sec- ISBN 0-321-34964-4, $29.99
writings and Thomas Cole's paintings tions. |A related title for general readers.
gained inspiration from the Hudson River John Pohl and Charles M. Robinson's
valley. Franklin Delano Roosevelt found it Azlirs & Conquistadoms: The Spanish Inva-
Introducing the
was a pleasant refuge from the stress ot his sion & the Collapse of the Aztec Empire, will Macromedia Press User
otrice. For any public or academic library be published by Osprey in November.^ Documentation Books
needing a short history ot the region, tbis is Ed.|Sean Fleming, Lebanon Pub. Libs., NH
a readable book that might fill a bole in tbe
collection. (Index nm seen.) Grant A. Freder-
Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The
icksen, Illinois Prairie Dist. P.L, Metamora
Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Bloomsbury, dist. hy St. Martin's. Nov. 2005.
Roa-de-la-Carrera, Cristian A. Histories of c.224p. photogs. bihiiog. index. ISBN 1-
infamy: Francisco Lopez tie Gomara and 58234-647-X. $24.95. HIST
the Ethics of Spanish Imperialism Univ. Scbuniacber (Crossroads: The Life and Music
Pr. of Colorado. Dec. 2005. c.272p. tr. from of Hric Clapton), a specialist on the Edmund
Spanish hy Scott Sessions, bibliog. index. fitzi^erald, presents perhaps the most com- ActionScript 2.0 Language
ISBN 0-87081-813-9. $40. plete account possible of its demise. A 729' Reference for Macromedia Flash 8
ISBN 0 321-38404-0, $39.99
Yupanqui, Titu Cusi. An Inca Account of ore carrier, it disappeared from radar witb-
the Conquest of Peru. Univ. Pr. of Colorado. out warning 30 years ago on November Developing Extensions for
2005.166p. tr. from Spanish by Ralph Bauer, II), 1975, in tbe midst of an early winter Macromedia Flash 8
illus. bihiiog. index. ISBN 0-87081-807-4. storm, and nosedived to the bottom of Lake ISBN0-321-39416-X, $44.99
$50; pap. ISBN 0-87081-821-X. $21.95. HIST Superior. All 29 crewmembers perished.
These t\\t> btMiks cxaniiiic Spam's ICitb- Schumacher recounts briefly the 18-year
cencury Latin American empire trom dit- career of "one of tbe hardest-working ships
ferent perspectives. Bauer's An Ima Aecount in the business," then goes on grippingly
PRESS
of the Coiiquefl of Pern presents the Spanish to portray all that has been recorded of its
conquest trom the point of view of a dis- final voyage. His fourth and fifth chapters.
possessed Inc.iii ruler. A full English trans- "Search for Answers" and "The Marine www.peachpit.com
lation ot Inca ruler Tito CAISI Yupanqui's Board Report." depend bcavily on the Ma-

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