| The Gold Disc of Coosa: A Boy of the Mound Builders Meets Desoto Contributor(s): Brown, Virginia Pounds (Author) |
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ISBN: 1603060189 ISBN-13: 9781603060189 Publisher: NewSouth Books OUR PRICE: $10.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.33 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A colorful fictional account for middle-school children of the meeting between De Soto and the Alabama Indians on his historic expedition through the South. These Indians were the last of the Mound Builders, led by a peace-loving king. The Gold Disc of Coosa describes their civilized culture in the years until 1540, when the Indians finally made their fateful stand against the Spanish at Maubila. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Virginia Pounds: - Virginia Pounds Brown (1916-2014), a lifelong resident of Birmingham, was a librarian, bookseller, author, editor, and publisher. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Randolph-Macon College and Emory University, she wrote and/or edited several books and articles on Birmingham and the Indians of the Southeast, and a memoir, Mother and Me. |