{"title":"Andrew Rowen","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"encounters-unforeseen-1492-retold-paperback","title":"Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 525 years, the traditional literature recounting the history of Columbus's epic voyage and first encounters with Native Americans remains Eurocentric, focused principally--whether pro- or anti-Columbus--on Columbus and the European perspective. A historical novel, \u003cem\u003eEncounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold \u003c\/em\u003enow dramatizes these events from a bicultural perspective, fictionalizing the beliefs, thoughts, and actions of the Native Americans who met Columbus side by side with those of Columbus and other Europeans, all based on a close reading of Columbus's \u003cem\u003eJournal\u003c\/em\u003e, other primary sources, and anthropological studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama alternates among three historic Ta no chieftains--Caonab , Guacanagar , and Guarionex--and a Ta no youth Columbus captures, Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, and Columbus himself. It depicts the education, loves and marriages, and other life experiences each brought to the unforeseen encounters and then their astonishment, fears, and objectives in 1492 and 1493. The focus includes the Ta no \"discovery\" of Europe, when Columbus hauls the captive and other Ta nos back to Spain, as well as the chieftains' reactions to the abusive garrison of seamen Columbus leaves behind in the Caribbean. Throughout, the Ta no protagonists are neither merely victims nor statistics, but personalities and actors comparable to the European, and their side of the story is forcefully told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel weaves a fascinating tapestry of scenes and dialogues from the historical record, often incorporating text from primary sources. Isabella plots her dynastic marriage, argues with Ferdinand over who's supreme, and wages war to expand their kingdoms. The chieftains take multiple wives to consolidate their rules, vie to marry the beautiful Anacaona, and battle Caribe raiders. An unknown Columbus conceives a fanciful voyage, marries advantageously to promote it, and yet suffers an agonizing decade of ridicule and rejection. Guacanagar  rescues Columbus when the \u003cem\u003eSanta Mar a\u003c\/em\u003e sinks, but Caonab  questions Guacanagar 's generosity, and Guarionex is vexed, having witnessed a religious prophecy of Ta no genocide inflicted by a \"clothed people.\" Columbus teaches his captive Christianity, initiating the following centuries' collision of Christianity with Native American religion and spirits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ta no stories depict both events known to have occurred (e.g., the chieftains' ascensions to power, the prophecy of genocide, the captive's baptism in Spain) and known practices or experiences (e.g., inter-island canoe travel, a hurricane, a Caribe wife raid, a batey game). The Isabella and Ferdinand stories include their establishment of the Inquisition, subjugation and Christianization of the Canary Islands, completion of the Reconquista, and expulsion of the Jews from Spain, illustrating European doctrines of conquest, enslavement, and involuntary conversion and how the sovereigns ruled over Old World peoples before encountering Native Americans. The Columbus stories portray his pre-1492 sailing experiences and the evolution of his world outlook, and his thoughts during the encounters embody the concepts underlying the European subjugation of Native Americans over the following centuries. Stark societal differences are illustrated, with the Europeans practicing African slavery and the Ta nos sharing food as communal property.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Sources section briefly discusses interpretations of historians and anthropologists contrary to the author's presentation, as well as issues of academic disagreement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a gripping, personal, documented, and bicultural portrayal of the voyage that reshaped the course of world history, written at its 525th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101550874847,"sku":"9780999196120","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TlhlZjE3SWNTcWU2dk1tMFRSdXRFUT09.webp?v=1781071706"},{"product_id":"columbus-and-caonabo-1493-1498-retold-paperback","title":"Columbus and Caonabó: 1493-1498 Retold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbus assured Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand that he'd conquer \"Española\" with little opposition from its inhabitants, but he soon discovered the promise ominously false. A historical novel, \u003cem\u003e Columbus and Caonabó 1493-1498 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e dramatizes his invasion of the island on his second voyage and the bitter resistance mounted by its Taíno peoples, led by the Taíno chieftain Caonabó. Based closely on primary sources, the story is told from both Taíno and European perspectives, including through the eyes of Caonabó and Columbus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief Caonabó opposes any European presence on the island and massacres the garrison Columbus left behind on his first voyage. When Columbus returns, the second voyage's twelve-hundred settlers suffer from disease and famine and are alienated by his harsh rule, resulting in crown-appointed officers and others deserting for Spain. Sensing European vulnerability, Caonabó establishes a broad Taíno alliance to expel the intruders, becoming the first of four centuries of Native American chieftains known to organize war against European expansion. Columbus realizes that Caonabó's capture or elimination is key to Española's conquest, and their conflict escalates--with the fateful clash of their soldiers, cultures, and religions, enslavement of Taíno captives, the imposition of tribute, and hostile face-to-face conversations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs battles are lost, Caonabó's wife Anacaona anguishes and considers how to confront the Europeans if Caonabó is killed. The settlers grow more brutal when Columbus explores Cuba and Jamaica, and his enslaved Taíno interpreters witness them forcing villagers into servitude, committing rape, and destroying Taíno religious objects. Chief Guarionex, whose territory neighbors Caonabó's, studies Christianity with missionaries and observes the first recorded baptism of a Native in the Americas but ultimately rejects his own conversion. All brood upon the spirits' or Lord's design as epidemic diseases ravage the island's peoples. Isabella and Ferdinand are disturbed when Columbus initiates slave shipments home, but they deliberately acquiesce--and the justification for the European enslavement of Native Americans begins to evolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is the sequel to\u003cem\u003e Encounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e, which portrays the lives of the same Taíno and European protagonists from youth through 1492.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are forty-two historic or newly drawn maps and illustrations woven into the narrative, including portraits or sketches of Columbus, Caonabó, Isabella, and Anacaona. A Sources section cites authorities and discusses interpretations of historians and anthropologists contrary to the author's presentation and issues of academic disagreement. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101561786591,"sku":"9780999196151","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SEV2S2g3OGpGbitKZDdXcGloRkVDdz09.webp?v=1781071728"},{"product_id":"isabel-anacaona-columbuss-demise-1498-1502-retold-paperback","title":"Isabel, Anacaona \u0026 Columbus's Demise: 1498-1502 Retold - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA historical novel, \u003cem\u003eIsabel, Anacaona \u0026amp; Columbus's Demise: 1498-1502 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e dramatizes from both Native and European perspectives the European subjugation of Española's indigenous peoples during the least studied period of the island's brutal conquest. Based on primary sources, it strikingly sets a Native and European queen-the Taíno Anacaona and Spain's Isabel-on comparable pedestals and tells Columbus's demise through his eyes and those of Taíno chieftains and Spaniards who opposed him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueen Isabel and King Fernando struggle to bring their conquest of Española to profitability and order, and she sincerely seeks to curtail her conquerors' enslavement of \"Indians\" and other abuses, including freeing Indians whom Columbus has enslaved. She and Fernando terminate Columbus's governorship of Española, direct his successors to reorder settler-Indian relationships, and dispatch other explorers to claim the mainland. But Isabel's conquerors mostly ignore her instructions regarding the Indians' treatment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnacaona and her brother Chief Behecchio strive to prevent Columbus's conquest from extending to their chiefdom of Xaraguá, harboring Spaniards rebelling against Columbus in return for protection from him. Anacaona rises to chieftain on Behecchio's death, outlasting Columbus's governorship and that of his successor and the reigns of nearly all Española's other supreme chieftains. She's determined to preserve Taíno civilization, and her competence as chieftain matches her more renowned allure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColumbus explores the mainland on his third voyage, recognizes that it's a continent, and then struggles to settle the rebellions against him on Española, ultimately awarding the rebels Indian land and Indians. Scenes closely trace his life, objectives, and activities for two years as governor of Española (while not at sea), often abbreviated in biographies of him. Embittered by opposition, he deteriorates intellectually, collapses, and resists his successor, who investigates his conduct and sends him home in chains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScenes also portray daily life at the frontier of conquest, including the inception of mestizo society, the fate of Indians enslaved, the origins of the doctrines of repartimiento and encomienda by which Spain would rule its New World possessions, and the slow advance of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is a sequel to, and readable independently from, \u003cem\u003eEncounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eColumbus and Caonabó 1493-1498 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). 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Scenes closely trace his life, objectives, and activities for two years as governor of Española (while not at sea), often abbreviated in biographies of him. Embittered by opposition, he deteriorates intellectually, collapses, and resists his successor, who investigates his conduct and sends him home in chains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScenes also portray daily life at the frontier of conquest, including the inception of mestizo society, the fate of Indians enslaved, the origins of the doctrines of repartimiento and encomienda by which Spain would rule its New World possessions, and the slow advance of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is a sequel to, and readable independently from, \u003cem\u003eEncounters Unforeseen: 1492 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and \u003cem\u003eColumbus and Caonabó 1493-1498 Retold\u003c\/em\u003e (2021). 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