| Buried Treasures of the American Southwest: Legends of Lost Mines, Hidden Payrolls, and Spanish Gold Contributor(s): Jameson, W. C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874830826 ISBN-13: 9780874830828 Publisher: August House Publishers OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: The search continues even today. Modern-day counterparts of the Spanish conquistadors and the early 19th-century settlers still cling to the image of El Dorado. Searchers still arrive with little more than their dreams and hopes for the elusive riches. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local |
| Dewey: 976 |
| LCCN: 88038149 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Series: Buried Treasures |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.58" W x 8.58" (0.66 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jameson is a good storyteller and has done extensive research in tracking down all these tales. -Library Journal Legends have long circulated in the American Southwest, and now for the first time they are collected in a single volume. Jameson gathered his material from his own extensive, on-site research in Arizona, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and from interviews with people whose lives have been entwined with the search for particular treasures. His book contains 36 stories, chapters on each state where he visited and performed research, location maps, accounts of gold mines where the nuggets are piles so deep they can be gathered with a rake and hidden caverns where bars of silver are stacked like firewood and caches of treasure are guarded by skeletons... Though the lore sounds fabulous, it has all grown out of the actual histories of Indians, outlaws, conquistadors, priests, and ranchers - characters well documented in the drama of the unfolding West. In this collection of conquistadors, bandits and southwestern heroes, readers will learn the importance of courage, responsibility, and resourcefulness. |