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Indian captivity in Spanish America : frontier narratives / Fernando Operé ; translated by Gustavo Pellón.

Author/creator Operé, Fernando, 1946-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Descriptionxxxiii, 289 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Indian captivities--Latin America.
Uniform titleHistorias de la frontera. English
Contents Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Florida captives in the sixteenth century -- Malocas on the Araucanian frontier : the happy captivity of Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán -- Captives in the Río de la Plata region -- Accounts of captives in the Pampas and Patagonia -- The northern frontier : from the Chichimecas to the Comanches -- From Helena Valero to Napëyoma : the journey of a captive -- Captives in literature -- Epilogue.
General noteTranslation of: Historias de la frontera.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-274) and index.
LCCN 2007016755
ISBN9780813925868 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN081392586X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813925875 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0813925878 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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