Gibbons, Faye. <br/><br/>
Hernando De Soto :  a search for gold and glory / 
Faye Gibbons ; original illustrations by Bruce Dupree. 
 - Birmingham, Ala. :  Crane Hill Publishers,  2002. 
 - p. cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A Spanish conquistador in the New World -- Florida at last! -- Apalachee -- Treasure -- Marching through Coosa -- Facing Tascaluza -- Another battle -- De Soto loses hope. 
<br/><br/> Follows the life of the famous explorer from his confrontation with Incan royalty at the age of fourteen to his discovery of the Mississippi River and untimely death. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>157587198X (pbk.) :  $9.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002000587 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>De Soto, Hernando, ca. 1500-1542. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Explorers--America--Biography.<br/>Explorers--Spain--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>America--Exploration.<br/>Southern States--Exploration.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E125.S7  / G53 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>970.1/6/092  B