{"product_id":"the-ecstasy-of-cabeza-de-vaca-9780473324070","title":"The Ecstasy of Cabeza de Vaca","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1528, a Spanish expedition was shipwrecked in the Gulf of Mexico. Eight years later only four men remained alive. One of the four, Cabeza de Vaca, later published an account of what occurred. Naked and enslaved, de Vaca was stripped of all he possessed, then underwent an extraordinary transformation. \u003cem\u003eThe Ecstasy of Cabeza de Vaca\u003c\/em\u003e is Keith Hill's masterful retelling of Cabeza de Vaca's story. This is a heartbreaking account of courage and faith, barbarity and miracles, that transports us to the limits of human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEXCERPT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine days we walked that coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy one unshakable vow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emade on the altar of my determined heart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas never to surrender\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enever to allow this gruelling wilderness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto grind us dust to dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy two companions were not as strong as me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut they were part now of my heart's promise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand I happily supplied the drive for three.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is what a leader does: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe fights to place one foot, one body\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eone heart in front of the other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecajoling, pushing, demanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto ensure our carcasses did not add to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe fated toll this coast took on its transients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch is the ignorance of man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat he apes authority and proclaims himself \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea primate power over his fellow creatures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(even if his motive is protection and care)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen each man's projected will\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis but one strand in the intertwined tracks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe tread through the world's troubled choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI had yet much to learn of what \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etruly chooses our course through life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy first lesson occurred on the ninth day \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof this our southward trek.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Disjunct Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473324070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Keith Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122225246389,"sku":"9780473324070","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_43a3679f-73c4-438d-b6c2-2024b11714b2.jpg?v=1766512131","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ecstasy-of-cabeza-de-vaca-9780473324070","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}