Love and the incredibly old man : a novel / Lee Siegel.

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1. autor:	Siegel, Lee, 1945-
Format:	E-book
Język:	English
Wydane:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Hasła przedmiotowe:	Ponce de León, Juan, > 1460?-1521 > Fiction. Ponce de León, Juan, > 1460?-1521 FICTION > Romance > General. FICTION > Biographical. FICTION > Fantasy > General. American Literature. English. Languages & Literatures. Electronic books. Romance fiction Fantasy fiction Biographical fiction Fiction Biographical fiction. Fantasy fiction. Love stories. Romance fiction. Romans.
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Contents; Preface · 2005, an introduction to Juan Ponce de León; Chapter One · 1465-1493, wherein Ponce de León, after his childhood, boyhood, and youth in Spain, is dispatched by Queen Ysabel to the Indies in search of a Fountain of Youth; Chapter Two · 1493-1513, wherein Ponce de León settles in the New World, becomes Governor of Higuey and of Borinquen, invents cigars and rum, and discovers popcorn and Florida; Chapter Three · 1513, wherein Ponce de León happens upon the Garden of Eden, discovers within it the Fountain of Life, and devises a plot by which to keep it secret.
Chapter Four · 1514-1564, wherein Ponce de León becomes a Zhotee-Eloq Indian, lives as one of them in Paradise, and attempts to save them from exterminationChapter Five · 1565-1647, wherein Ponce de León becomes a priest of the Catholic Church, visits his tomb in Puerto Rico, and establishes Florida's mission of San Hortano; Chapter Six · 1647-1763, wherein Ponce de León becomes a wealthy merchant, purchases the land.

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