While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.
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While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.
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Add this copy of The King's Fifth to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by West Side Book Shop, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ann Arbor, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Samuel Bryant. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. Octavo. Inscribed by Author(s) 8vo. (8) 264 pp. Decorations and Maps by Samuel Bryant: First Edition, 1966. Not Price Clipped. Inscribed by the Author on ffep. Only the slightest wear to top and bottom edge spine dj. Very lightly age-toned text block, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 7.5" x 8.25". Black cloth with blind stamped decoration on front boards, and gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated dj in acetate protector. "The King's Fifth (1966) is a children's historical novel by Scott O'Dell that was the inspiration for the cartoon TV series The Mysterious Cities of Gold. [2] It describes, from the point of view of a teenage Spanish Conquistador, how the European search for gold in the New World of the Americas affected people's lives and minds. The title refers to the one fifth share of spoils expected by the Spanish Crown."