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Buddy Levy
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Author Buddy Levy in second season as Co-Star of DECODED!

Oct.31.2011

Author Buddy Levy in second season as Co-Star of DECODED!

Author Buddy Levy co-stars on Brad Meltzer's DECODED, now in its second season on HISTORY. See it Wednesdays at 10/9 central!

http://www.klewtv.com/news/131292754.html

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PUBLISHED: Jun.24.2008

Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs

In an astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an adventure thriller, writer and Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures. CONQUISTADOR “I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.” –Hernan Cortes It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.22.2011

River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery on the Amazon

Product DescriptionFrom the acclaimed author of Conquistador comes this thrilling account of one of history’s greatest adventures of discovery. With cinematic immediacy and meticulous attention to historical detail, here is the true story of a legendary sixteenth-century explorer and his death-defying navigation of the Amazon—river of darkness, pathway to gold. In 1541, the brutal...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.29.2005

American Legend: The Real-Life Adventures of David Crockett

The new biography of one of the most enduring symbols of the Old West: frontiersman David Crockett

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PUBLISHED: Jun.20.1998

Echoes on Rimrock: In Pursuit of the Chukar Partridge

A natural history and personal rumination on the chukar partridge, among the worthiest of all game birds.

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Buddy's Latest Blogs

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Aug.01.2008 - 9:37 am

The Route of the Conquistadors—Buddy Levy’s first blog

In writing narrative adventure history, one of elements of research that is important to me is what I call "immersion research" (for lack of a formal nomenclature to...

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Dec.16.2009 - 11:48 am

In response to: Lively Account of Spanish Conquest of Mexico

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Writing

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Article: Leaps of Faith--Borne on Air Anthology

Column: How I Write--Kim Barnes Profile

Article: Meditation on Silver Creek

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Mar.23.2011

River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana's Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery on the Amazon

Published by The Pacific Northwest INLANDER

"Writers of historical nonfiction aren’t often stopped in airports and markets by curious fans. They don’t usually describe themselves as “gregarious extroverts.” And they...

Audio & Video

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Audio: Bantam Dell Podcast: Buddy Levy Discusses Conquistidor

Audio: Cortez Sinks His Boats

About Buddy

Buddy Levy is the author of, most recently, River of Darkness: Francisco Orellana’s Legendary Voyage of Death and Discovery Down the Amazon (Bantam Dell, 2011). His other books include Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the...

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