The King's Fifth by Scott O'dell
A 1967 Newbery Honor Book
While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.
Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stanford University, and the University of Rome were among his colleges. Before joining the US Air Force during WWII, he worked as a technical director for Paramount, a cameraman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and a book editor for a Los Angeles newspaper. He established the Scott O'Dell award for historical fiction in 1981, after receiving multiple book honors. On October 15, 1989, he passed away.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780618747832 |
| ISBN 10 | 0618747834 |
| Title | The King's Fifth |
| Author | Scott O'dell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Year published | 2006-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |