SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND THE QUEST FOR EL DORADO

Aronson, Marc

ISBN 10: 039584827X / ISBN 13: 9780395848272

Published by Clarion, 2000, 2000

About this Item

A very well researched biography of a man of great contradictions. Aronson reveals the bravery and charisma of this "dark hero". Winner of the first Sibert Award for Non-Fiction, no award medal on dust jacket. Book is old store stock in unread condition.

Seller Inventory # 07219

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND THE QUEST FOR EL DORADO
• Publisher: Clarion, 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039584827X
• ISBN 13: 9780395848272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edtion, First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • BIOGRAPHY
  • AWARDS-MISC

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Synopsis

2001 Sibert Medal Winner

In this extraordinarily well researched and insightful biography, Marc Aronson explores the amazing accomplishments and dismal failures of one of the most flamboyant figures of the Elizabethan age. Best remembered for laying his coat in a muddy puddle so that Queen Elizabeth I could walk across it, Sir Walter Ralegh committed himself to pleasing his monarch and obtaining power in her court. He heroically risked his life in battle time and again, chasing after glory to win her favor. His notoriously ill-fated quest for the mythological golden city of El Dorado was perhaps his grandest attempt, but it also was his undoing, and Ralegh ultimately paid for his mistakes with his life. Despite his shortcomings, he was not only charismatic and brave, he was brilliant as well, and his contributions to the New World and to western culture as a whole were vast and enduring. MAPS, ENDNOTES and BIBLIOGRAPHY, TIMELINE, INDEX.

About the Author

Marc Aronson is the award-winning author of a wide variety of nonfiction works for younger readers, including Sugar Changed the World and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, which received the first Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award. He edits and publishes young adult fiction in a special arrangement with Candlewick and lives with his wife and two sons in Maplewood, New Jersey. Visit him at marcaronson.com.