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Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Bantam, June 2008 “The clash of these two empires is the tragic tale of conquest and defeat, of colonization and resistance, of empires won and civilizations lost—and of the remarkable and violent confluence of two empires previously unknown to each other. This confluence of cultures in 1519 is the unbelievable story of one of the greatest conquerors history has ever known, the complex leader of the ancient civilization he would destroy, and the cataclysmic battle that would be the end of one world and the making of a new one.” --From Conquistador, Introduction Buy the book at amazon.com “In Conquistador, Buddy Levy offers a fascinating account of the first and most decisive of those encounters: the one between the impetuous Spanish adventurer Cortés and Montezuma, the ill-starred emperor of the Aztecs -- clearly the wrong emperor at the wrong place at the wrong time. Mr. Levy has an eye for vivid detail and manages to build a compelling narrative out of this almost unbelievable story of missionary zeal, greed, cruelty and courage.” --Arthur Herman, is the author most recently, of Gandhi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age. Reviewed in Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121564818628840997.html |
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“American Legend is a great myth-busting story, written in a taut narrative style that is guaranteed to keep the reader up all hours turning the pages. Painstakingly researched, with an eye towards nuance and telling vignette, this crackling piece of work presents Davy Crockett as a man of genius and folly, which has the unlikely effect of making him all the more heroic.”
-Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone Paperback: Berkley Books, 2006 |
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Reviews of American Legend:
This is an intriguing look at an individual who in the first half of the nineteenth century was a living legend.... http://thebestreviews.com/review32967 Buddy Levy presents a fuller profile of the man who made Tennessee famous in the early 1800s. It’s not just a master heroic outdoorsman who emerges; the consummate politician and ferocious fighter for underdog causes shines through as well. Listen to a radio interview with Buddy Levy, http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=10758 Myth Makers |
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“I’ve hunted chukars with a fever since I was able to carry a shotgun 25 years ago. Buddy Levy writes wonderfully and his passion, respect and understanding for this great game bird and the land they inhabit shines. I highly recommend you make the effort to share Levy’s love of what it means to hunt chukars...” B.Q., Amazon.com review
Pruett Publishing, 1999 Available as an e-book: www.diversionbooks.com/ebooks/echoes-rimrock |