Title: The long way home
First published: 1994
Description: In 16th Century Florida, an Indian holy man by the name of Deadwood Lighter is captured by the Spaniards, sold into slavery and taken to Cuba. Years later his master joins De Soto's expedition to Florida and Lighter accompanies him. He escapes and rejoins his people, but finds they are not his people any more, time having wrought its changes. By the author of The Way South.
Subjects: Fiction, Indians of North America, First contact with Europeans, Discoveries in geography, Discovery and exploration, Cherokee Indians, Explorers, Fiction, historical, general, Indians of north america, fiction, Spanish
Places: America
People: Hernando de Soto (ca. 1500-1542)