A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz

I am a great fan of Tony Horwitz (loved Confederates in the Attic, Blue Latitudes, and Baghdad Without a Map) so I was excited when I heard that he had a new book on the market. This one is about early explorers in North/Central America (prior to the Pilgrim's arrival in 1620). I happened to read the book shortly after the Haitian earthquake while on a cruise to the Panama Canal (with stops in Cartagena, Columbia; Costa Rica, Guatemala and Mexico) so it was interesting to read about Columbus, Coronado, etc. Like he did in his other books, Horwitz debunks local legends through research and presents this information in an entertaining way. Good book for anyone interested in history (the stuff you didn't learn in school).