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008			110225s2001 dcu b 000 0 eng
010			_a2001028899
020			_a9781582432533
050	0	0	_aPS3553.O5 _bA97 2001
082	0	0	_a814.54 CON
100	1		_aConnell, Evan S. _d, 1924-
245	1	4	_aThe Aztec treasure house _b: selected essays _c/ Evan S. Connell
260			_aWashington, D.C. _b: Counterpoint _c, c2001.
300			_a470 p. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pp. 461-470).
505	0		_aOlduvai & all that -- Eca Suthi.. -- Vinland Vinland -- Gustav's dreadnought -- The white lantern -- Syllables here and there -- Abracadasta -- Various tourists -- The Aztec treasure house -- Aristokles' Atlantis -- The Innocents' Crusade -- Prester John -- To the Indies -- The sea must have an endynge -- El Dorado -- Seven cities -- Gold! Gold! Gold! -- Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus ab Hohenheim & Co. -- Mesa Verde -- Messages on a sandstone bluff.
520			_aConnell offers stories of the Anazasi, the "old ones" of the Southwestern desert, of the grand explorers Marco Polo, Coumbus, Magellan, and Ibn Batuta, and of heretics, fanatics, scientists, cranks and geniuses.
650		4	_aAmerican essays
942			_cMO
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