Relentless urgent and above all musical Russell Perssons expertly crafted The Way of Floridaamp160recasts theamp160tragic story of the failed Narvamp225aacuteez expedition.ampltbrampgtamp160This tale has trickled down through the centuries viaamp160La Relaciamp243oacuten the official report published in 1542 as well asamp160many other subsequent retellings.amp160A calamitous attempt to establish Spanishamp160colonies along the Gulf Coast of the 300 crew sent inland to explore only four survived this eightyear ordeal.amp160In bracing beautiful language this timely narrativeamp160of botched colonialism nowamp160in its first American Editionamp160radically reimagines the parameters andamp160responsibilities of the historical novel.amp160Linguistically rich sinuous and maybe even heroic The Way of Florida offers historical fiction like you have never read it before.