Christopher Columbus: The Dream and the Obsession - A Biography

300 pp. "The late Italian historian offers a lucid, absorbing account of Columbus's life, from his early years as a sailor-merchant through each of his voyages to the New World. PW characterized this as 'a penetrating biography of an elusive figure.'" - Publishers Weekly CONTENTS: Other Sea; Irrelevant Country; Genoa Years; Lisbon Years; Courage to Make Mistakes; Beatrice and Isabella; Battle of Salamanca; Three Caravels; Day of the Halcyon; Immortal Voyage; Good Savage; Christmas Disaster: The Santa Maria Sinks; Glory in Springtime: Columbus Returns Triumphant; Second Voyage: Thousand Islands; Columbus Cannot Find the Indies; Third Voyage: Columbus is Put in Chains; Fourth Voyage: Entire Fleet is Lost; A Hero Buried Too Many Times.