"Does for Cabeza de Vaca...what the late Stephen Ambrose did (with ''Undaunted Courage") for Lewis and Clark"--Boston Globe
Date of Review:
May.14.2006
Reviewer:
W. H. Brands
Source:
Boston Globe
"on the whole, ''Brutal Journey" is first-rate. Weaving anthropology, archeology, climatology, geography, and a half-dozen other disciplines into a riveting tale of courage, cruelty, and ultimately survival, Schneider does for Cabeza de Vaca and his comrades what the late Stephen Ambrose did (with ''Undaunted Courage") for Lewis and Clark. If Schneider isn't careful, he might be made an honorary Texan."
H. W. Brands is the author of ''Lone Star Nation" and, most recently, ''Andrew Jackson." He teaches history at the University of Texas at Austin.
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A biography so intimate it feels like an act of ventriloquism...Bonnie and Clyde takes off like a combustion engine, driving the narrative toward its gruesome climax. A cross between ballad and pulp fiction, the book is a close encounter with killers at play.”
—O, the Oprah Magazine
About Paul
Paul is the author, most recently, of Bonnie and Clyde: the Lives Behind the Legend, (Henry Holt, 2009), which the LA Times called "extraordinarily immediate," and O, the Oprah Magazine said "a biography so real it feels like an act of ventriloquism." ...
Causes Paul Schneider Supports
The usual suspects for a writer from Massachusetts, living on Martha's Vineyard no less.