Soldier of the sun : a story of Peru in the days of the Incas / by Alice Curtis Desmond ; illustrated by Ernest W. Watson.

Date:

1939.

Author:

Desmond, Alice Curtis, 1897-

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH D464 S65 1939 LOCAL

Publisher:

Dodd, Mead

Abstract:

In 1531 Titu, son of a humble farmer, leaves his village on the high interior plateau of the Andes to go to Cuzco to serve the King, Inca Huascar. He serves in the civil war between Huascar and his brother, and after Huascar's death vows to avenge it. He makes his way alone to the Spaniards' camp. War between the Incas and Spaniards follows.

Physical Description:

243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:

Library's copy inscribed 1939 by the author and her husband. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

1939 Dodd, Mead imprint, c 1939, inscribed in 1939 by the author; spine and front cover titles and decoration printed in red on (soiled) cream cloth

Subjects:

Incas Juvenile fiction and Incas First contact with Europeans Juvenile fiction

Geographic Terms:

Peru History To 1548 Juvenile fiction