Contents; Preface · 2005, an introduction to Juan Ponce de León; Chapter One · 1465-1493, wherein Ponce de León, after his childhood, boyhood, and youth in Spain, is dispatched by Queen Ysabel to the Indies in search of a Fountain of Youth; Chapter Two · 1493-1513, wherein Ponce de León settles in the New World, becomes Governor of Higuey and of Borinquen, invents cigars and rum, and discovers popcorn and Florida; Chapter Three · 1513, wherein Ponce de León happens upon the Garden of Eden, discovers within it the Fountain of Life, and devises a plot by which to keep it secret.
متن يادداشت
Chapter Four · 1514-1564, wherein Ponce de León becomes a Zhotee-Eloq Indian, lives as one of them in Paradise, and attempts to save them from exterminationChapter Five · 1565-1647, wherein Ponce de León becomes a priest of the Catholic Church, visits his tomb in Puerto Rico, and establishes Florida's mission of San Hortano; Chapter Six · 1647-1763, wherein Ponce de León becomes a wealthy merchant, purchases the land.
بدون عنوان
0
بدون عنوان
8
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? begins one chapter of critically acclaimed Lee Siegel?s new novel, Love and the Incredibly Old Man.?In the beginning? starts another. What else can a novelist do when hired as a ghostwriter by an elderly, irascible, conquistador-costumed man claiming to be the 540-year-old Juan Ponce de León? The fantastic life of that legendary explorer?inventor of rum, cigars, Coca-Cola, and popcorn?is the frame for Siegel?s fourth chronicle of love, lies, luck, loss, and labia. Summoned with cold hard cash and a pinch of flattery, a professor and noveli.
یادداشتهای مربوط به نیازمندی های سیستم (منابع الکترونیک)و جزئیات فنی
متن يادداشت
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ویراست دیگر از اثر در قالب دیگر رسانه
عنوان
Love and the incredibly old man.
نام شخص به منزله موضوع
موضوع مستند نشده
Ponce de León, Juan,1460?-1521
موضوع مستند نشده
Ponce de León, Juan,1460?-1521
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
FICTION-- Biographical.
موضوع مستند نشده
FICTION-- Fantasy-- General.
موضوع مستند نشده
FICTION-- Romance-- General.
مقوله موضوعی
موضوع مستند نشده
FA
موضوع مستند نشده
FIC-- 009000
موضوع مستند نشده
FIC-- 027000
موضوع مستند نشده
FIC-- 041000
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
813/
.
54
ويراست
22
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
PS3569
.
I377
نشانه اثر
L67
2008eb
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )