Buried Treasures of the American Southwest: Legends of Lost Mines, Hidden Payrolls, and Spanish Gold

by W.C. Jameson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874830826
• ISBN13: 9780874830828
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 9 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 12

Customer Reviews

A standard reference

This book is a must for the bookshelves of treasure hunters and armchair dreamers. The history of lost gold and hidden treasures in the American Southwest is summarized here as well as it can be.