Escalante's Dream : On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest, Hardback Book

Escalante's Dream : On the Trail of the Spanish Discovery of the Southwest Hardback

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In late July 1776, fathers Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Francisco Velez de Escalante set out from Santa Fe to chart a route to the new Spanish missions in California.

The Fransiscans planned to scout the country for mineral wealth and locate the Ute and Navajo tribes for conversion.

In present-day Utah, however, the dangers of starvation and hypothermia forced them to turn back.

By November the friars were reduced to survival mode: stymied by the raging Colorado River, they had to kill their horses for food. In this adventure-history, David Roberts travels the Spaniards' forgotten route, using Escalante's first-person report as his guide.

Blending personal and historical narrative, he relives the glories, catastrophes and courage of this desperate journey.

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