Product Description

Modern-day counterparts of the Spanish conquistadors and the early nineteenth-century settlers still cling to the image of El Dorado. The folklore of the land still exerts its magical pull. The pickup truck has replaced the horse and mule, but treasure seekers still travel with little more than their dreams and hopes. They can be found even now in the mountains and the valleys of the American Southwest, still searching for the elusive riches they believe await them.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #156469 in Books
• Published on: 1990-09-25
• Released on: 2006-05-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
W.C. Jameson, an environmentalist, geographer, folklorist, and musician, grew up in west Texas and has lived in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and now Colorado. He is a prolific author, having written twelve books in his Buried Treasures series, more than 200 magazine articles, and a book about Billy the Kid. He is a past president of the Western Writers of America and has twice been awarded its prestigious Stirrup Award. He was a consultant on the film National Treasure and currently records and tours as a musician, both solo and with Ghost Town Council, an alternative country band out of Austin.

Customer Reviews

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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.