Title: Selective omissions of North American early European history
Product review: This book has almost no history of early Spanish history that involves "native" North American cultures and trading activities. These expeditions and conquests greatly affected the survival and distorts by omission important historical contributions of tribes in New Mexico, Arizona, etc. Furthermore, the "Indian Wars" affecting English migrations from the east coast to 1900 were impacted in significant ways from the events centuries earlier involving Spanish conquests and the "religious conversions" of the earlier inhabitants. For example, a book that discusses many of these features is "Cities of Gold" by Douglas Preston. This book's focus is on Coronado's search for the 7 cities of gold, but integrates considerable detail predating and postdating the particular search.
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