South American Fights & Fighters
the Conquistadors and Other Accounts of Adventure
A selection of frontier and naval adventuresThis is the sixth book in Cyrus Townsend Brady's 'Fights and Fighters' series. It follows Brady's sometimes idiosyncratic approach to his project of fascinating insights into conflict and is divided into two broad sections. The first focuses on the drama that was the conquest of Central and South America, with emphasis on Panama and Balboa but also touching on Pizarro and Peru. The second part is an exciting selection of 'adventures;' featured are the account of the whaling ship Essex, the cruise of the Tonquin, a piece about the American hero John Paul Jones, an interesting account of Indian fighti…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85706-579-7
- EAN: 9780857065797
- Produktnummer: 11454028
- Verlag: Leonaur
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 236 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D1.7 cm 466 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 466
Über den Autor
Cyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 - January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and FightersHe was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. In 1889, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, and was ordained a priest in 1890. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.Brady was also famous for his views of feminism and Women's suffrage, he preached many anti-suffrage sermons and described women voters as an insult to God.In 1914 Brady began working as a screenwriter at Vitagraph Company of America.Brady died in Yonkers, New York of pneumonia at age 58.
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