Cities of Gold: A Journey Across the American Southwest

by Douglas Preston

Overview

This riveting true story recounts the author's journey on horseback across Arizona and New Mexico, retracing Coronado's desperate search for the legendary Seven Cities of Gold. First published in 1992 and now available only from UNM Press, this classic adventure tale reveals the Southwest as it was when Europeans first saw it and shows how much, and how little, it has changed. "The great myth of the American West," Preston writes, "is that there was a winning of it."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826320865
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	03/01/1999
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	527,687
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Douglas Preston has written several books on the Southwest. He is also the coauthor of the novels Relic, Riptide, and Thunderhead (1999).

Place of Birth:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Education:

B.A., Pomona College, 1978

Website:

http://www.prestonchild.com