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Faergen

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Does anyone have knowledge of biographies for children on John L. Stephens or Frederick Catherwood (Incidents of Travel in Yucatan). Thanks--
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: Does anyone have knowledge of biographies for children on John L. Stephens or Frederick Catherwood (Incidents of Travel in Yucatan). Thanks--
: FaergenThanks Tom, Uncle Jack and JRB--I tried several search engines and had no luck. I'll try google--searching book sellers is a good idea, too! And thanks for the titles.Faergen

Faergen

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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: Yes. Wolfgang Cordan wrote about both men in the 60's. Thanks JRB--are you interested in this subject as well? I've since found a couple of books but non by Wolfgang Cordan--so I'll do that search.
Thanks!Faergen

Tom Eicher

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Here's what our library has:Highwater, Jamake.
Journey to the sky : a novel about the true
adventures of two men in search of the lost Maya
kingdom / Jamake Highwater. -- New York : T. Y.
Crowell, c1978.
242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Bourbon, Fabio.
The lost cities of the Mayas : the life, art, and
discoveries of Frederick Catherwood / text by Fabio
Bourbon. -- New York : Abbeville Press Publishers,
2000.
192, [8] p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 36 cm.Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-
Search for the Maya: the story of Stephens and
Catherwood [by] Victor W. von Hagen. -- Farnborough,
Saxon House, 1973.
[20], 365, [4] p. illus. (some col.), map, plans,
ports. 24 cm.Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-
F. Catherwood, architect-explorer of two worlds.
With an introd. by Aldous Huxley. -- Barre, Mass.,
Barre Publishers, 1968 [c1967]
xv, 60 p. illus. 24 cm.Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-
Frederick Catherwood, archt. Introd. by Aldous
Huxley. -- New York, Oxford University Press,
1950.
xix, 177 p. illus., maps. 24 cm.Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-
Maya explorer, John Lloyd Stephens and the lost
cities of Central America and Yucatan. -- Norman,
Univ. of Oklahoma [1947]
324 p. ( American exploration and travel, no. 10 )[Lizardi Ramos, César] ed.
Los mayas antiguos; monografías de arqueología,
etnografía y lingüística mayas, publicadas con motivo
del centenario de la exploración de Yucatán por John L.
Stephens y Frederick Catherwood in los años 1841-412 --
[México] El Colegio de México [1941]
2 p. l., [7]-361 p., 1 l. illus. (incl. map, plans,
music) 2 col. pl. (1 fold.) 23 cm.These are adult titles, but some may be suitable for older children.
: Does anyone have knowledge of biographies for children on John L. Stephens or Frederick Catherwood (Incidents of Travel in Yucatan). Thanks--
: Faergen

Uncle Jack

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Try doing a "Google" search. There's a lot of information out there.
Here's a start.http://www.trainweb.org/panama/stephens.html

JRB

Nov 30, 1919, 12:00 AM

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Yes. Wolfgang Cordan wrote about both men in the 60's. I forget the title Stephens piece, it was a was done as a summary of the lives of Stephens (and to a lesser extent Catherwood) during the Incidents of Travel years. Later he wrote a biography on Catherwood, titled, Frederick Catherwood, Architect.You could find them in libraries or through an internet search of used books. 
: Does anyone have knowledge of biographies for children on John L. Stephens or Frederick Catherwood (Incidents of Travel in Yucatan). Thanks--
: Faergen

Faergen

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: Yes. Wolfgang Cordan wrote about both men in the 60's. I forget the title Stephens piece, it was a was done as a summary of the lives of Stephens (and to a lesser extent Catherwood) during the Incidents of Travel years. Later he wrote a biography on Catherwood, titled, Frederick Catherwood, Architect.: You could find them in libraries or through an internet search of used books. :
: : Does anyone have knowledge of biographies for children on John L. Stephens or Frederick Catherwood (Incidents of Travel in Yucatan). Thanks--
: : Faergen

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I have an active interest in the area and have accumulated several books and articles, however I am ashamed to say that it appears little of this information has penetrated my brain.
I gave you the wrong author -- Wolfgang Cordan. The author I should have given you is Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen not Wolfgang Cordan. (I do have a translation of a book of his about the Maya.)It was Wolfgang that triggered my memory I suspect.
I find that there are several books on the early archeological history and exploration of the Mayan area available on the web. I have had good luck with E-bay, at prices considerably less than posted book dealers.
It is suprising how many interesting books were published in the middle years of the last century.The title of the Catherwood biography is Frederick Catherwood, Architect, and the title of the Stephens work is Maya Explorer.: : Yes. Wolfgang Cordan wrote about both men in the 60's. : Thanks JRB--are you interested in this subject as well? I've since found a couple of books but non by Wolfgang Cordan--so I'll do that search.
: Thanks!: Faergen

sacc3850

Oct 9, 2003, 2:53 PM

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Recently I bought a copy of "Maya Explorer", John Lloyd Stephens and the Lost Cities of Central America and Yucatan, by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen, 1947, University of Oklahoma, on E-Bay for about ten bucks. He was one heck of a guy, and the book would be great for kids. It is a GREAT read. Preferably, to fully appreciate it, the reader should have first read the two volumes of the travels of Stephens and Catherwood in Mexico, Yucatan, and Central America. For a couple of hundred bucks, I bought a really good library of books on E-Bay about the Maya. Buen Suerte! sacc3850