Buddy Levy: 7 books
Conquistador
Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2008
In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures.
“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.”...
River of Darkness
Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
From the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of...
Geronimo
Leadership Strategies of an American Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
“In the hands of Mike Leach and Buddy Levy, the story of this brilliant Apache leader comes into sharp focus, both in their narrative of his life and in spirited commentaries on its meaning” (S.C. Gwynne, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon).
Playing cowboys and...
No Barriers (The Young Adult Adaptation)
A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in the Creative Nonfiction and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) — “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.”...
American Legend
The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
David Crockett was an adventurer, a pioneer, and a media-savvy national celebrity. In his short-but-distinguished lifetime, this charismatic frontiersman won three terms as a U.S. congressman and a presidential nomination. His 1834 memoir enjoyed frenzied sales and prompted the first-ever “official”...
No Barriers
A Blind Man's Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
2018 Colorado Book Awards finalist in Creative Nonfiction, and National Bestseller and Honorable Mention Award Winner in the Outdoor Literature category of the 2017 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA) — “A beautiful book about family and finding a way to achieve more than you ever thought possible.”...
Labyrinth of Ice
The Triumphant and Tragic Greely Polar Expedition
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Based on the author's exhaustive research, the incredible true story of the Greely Expedition, one of the most harrowing adventures in the annals of polar exploration.
In July 1881, Lt. A.W. Greely and his crew of 24 scientists and explorers were bound for the last region unmarked on global...