This Land is My Land

About the Book

This Land is My Land is a historical fictional story about the life and adventures of the soldiers, artisans, and clergy under the leadership of Hidalgo Don Hernando De Soto beginning in the year of 1538 and coming to a tiring end in 1542. The theme illustrates the difficulty of men and women in the first exploration of La Florida and its damaging effects to new lands and the indigenous people who had founded the land many years earlier. It elaborates how exploration is irresistible to human beings and will always have its good and bad outcomes. They begin with about seven hundred and fifty men and women of various cultural and ethnic backgrounds, mostly Portuguese and Spaniard. The route of exploration went through Cuba, 10 states and Mexico ending with about two hundred and twenty-six survivors. The protagonist is the gold and land-seeking explorer and Adelantado Don Hernando De Soto searching for new lands and riches to aid in his own as well as his countries profits. After his death, Luis de Moscoso follows him as the leader to get the remaining explorers safely to the city of Mexico. It does not demonstrate a one sided wrongdoing but the unethical and unfair actions that come about when differently cultivated humans meet. It is not a heartwarming story of great adventures, which leads to a Thanksgiving. It describes the four-year march across the interior of today’s southeastern United States based on information the author gathered from translations of four of the original notes and writing of the original company.

About the Author

Clifford Cope was born and raised on a small ranch in Tecolote New Mexico in a very indigenous environment. As a child and teenager in New Mexico he spent his time working on the ranch, hunting and trapping for furs. For fun he enjoyed snow skiing and motorcycles. Although he received his degree in anthropology, his focus was in science and research. His family inspired his desire to work in the military. After eighteen years in the military, he was forced out due to a severe injury. The author will walk you through preparing for war. An evaluation of the politics within the military and and the impact they have during the war is a mind opening experience. In Desert MASH he illustrates how some humans crave war for the purpose of their own improvement in position as well as other motivations. and at times also just for a want to go to a war. The view of both enlisted soldiers as well as an officers are apparent. Clifford Cope earned four enlisted Military Operation Skills in the aviation, medical and field artillery areas. He branched in Field Artillery as an officer. His background paved the way for his study the human race. Following his character evaluations in Desert MASH, the evolutions of personalities and characters continues. In his book Trial of Billy Ranhalt, he demonstrates how one's life can be shattered by the acts of war and overlooked by society as well as friends and family. His book This Land is My Land takes on one of the earlist explorations of the New World with emphasis on the conflicts of human exploration. Besides his adult historical fiction books, he has also written three children's books, Caleb: The Mouse Engineer; Jackson's Numbers; and Maisy the Little Red Airplane.