"Jos [Barreiro] writes the true story in Tano--the Native view of what Columbus brought. Across the Americas, invasion, and resistance, the Tano story repeated many times over." - Chief Oren Lyons (Joagquisho), Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation The story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World," as told by the Tano people who were impacted In 1532, an elderly Tano man named Guaikn sits down to write his story--an in-depth account of what happened when Columbus landed on Caribbean shores in 1492. As a boy, Guaikn was adopted by Columbus, uniquely positioning him to tell the story of Columbus's "discovery," directing our gaze where it rightfully belongs--on the Indigenous people for whom this land had long been home. Revised and updated by author Jos Barreiro (himself a descendant of the Tano people) with new information and a new introduction, this richly imagined novel updates Guaikn's carefully crafted narrative, chronicling what happened to the Tano people when Columbus arrived and how their lives and culture were ruptured. Through Guaikn's story, Barreiro penetrates the veil that still clouds the "discovery" of the Americas and in turn gives
"Jos [Barreiro] writes the true story in Tano--the Native view of what Columbus brought. Across the Americas, invasion, and resistance, the Tano story repeated many times over." - Chief Oren Lyons (Joagquisho), Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation The story of what really happened when Columbus arrived in the "New World," as told by the Tano people who were impacted In 1532, an elderly Tano man named Guaikn sits down to write his story--an in-depth account of what happened when Columbus landed on Caribbean shores in 1492. As a boy, Guaikn was adopted by Columbus, uniquely positioning him to tell the story of Columbus's "discovery," directing our gaze where it rightfully belongs--on the Indigenous people for whom this land had long been home. Revised and updated by author Jos Barreiro (himself a descendant of the Tano people) with new information and a new introduction, this richly imagined novel updates Guaikn's carefully crafted narrative, chronicling what happened to the Tano people when Columbus arrived and how their lives and culture were ruptured. Through Guaikn's story, Barreiro penetrates the veil that still clouds the "discovery" of the Americas and in turn gives
