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1992 Coronado's Children by J Frank Dobie Softcover

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“Like new”
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Title
Coronado's Children
Year Printed
1992
Subjects
History & Military
Binding
Softcover, Wraps
Subject
Nonfiction
Original/Facsimile
Original
Age Level
Adults, Young Adults
ISBN
9780292710528

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292710526
ISBN-13
9780292710528
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114498

Product Key Features

Book Title
Coronado's Children : Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1978
Topic
Mining, United States / State & Local / General, Special Interest / Adventure, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Folklore & Mythology
Features
Reprint
Illustrator
Shaw, Charles, Yes
Genre
Travel, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Author
J. Frank Dobie
Book Series
Barker Texas History Center Ser.
Format
Mass Market

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
78-058925
Dewey Edition
18
Reviews
This is the best work ever written on hidden treasure, and one of the most fascinating books on any subject to come out of Texas.
Series Volume Number
3
Dewey Decimal
978
Table Of Content
"The Precious Ability to Wonder" In the Beginning I. The Lost San Saba Mine Miranda's Report The Filibusters Bowie's Secret In the Burned Cedar Brake Yellow Wolf: "Three Suns West" Captive Witnesses Beasley's Cavern Pebbles of Gold The Magic Circle on Packsaddle Aurelio's Trunk The Relic The Pictured Copper Plates An Innocent Old Liar The Broken Metate II. Down The Nueces General Baylor's Assay Espantosa Lake Witching for Silver The Gold That Turned to Carbón Mysteries of the San Casimiro El Tigre The Rock Pens Where Parallel Lines Intersect Casa Blanca III. The Facts About Fort Ramõrez IV. The Circumstance Of War Relics of De Soto The Stuffed Cannon of the Neches Santa Anna's Chests Palo Alto and Resaca de La Palma Steinheimer's Millions V. Tales Of The Cow Camp The Rider of Loma Escondida Bumblebees and Skilitons The Measure of a Wagon Rod VI. Post Hole Banks VII. Midas On A Goatskin VIII. The Lost Nigger Mine IX. On West The Engineer's Ledge The Lost Padre Mine X. Los Muertos No Hablan XI. The Challenge of the Desert Nuggets in the Sand The Breyfogle Mine Yuma's Gold XII. In The Sunshine of the Pecos Bewitched Sand El Macho La Mina Perdida That Ole Man Devil The Montezuma of the Pecos José Vaca's Cave José's One Lucky Find XIII. The Pecos Barricade Maximilian's Gold Rattlesnake Cave on the Pecos The Fateful Opals XIV. The Secret of the Guadalupes XV. Not Only Gold and Silver The Foxes Have Holes Precious Lead Copper on the Brazos XVI. Sartin for Sure Moro's Gold The Mystery of the Palo Duro XVII. The Treasure of the Wichitas In a Chicken's Craw The James Boys' Loot Devil's Canyon The Pothole of Nuggets XVIII. Laffite and Pirate Booty The Man of Mystery The Legends XIX. Shadows And Symbols Notes Glossary of Mexican and Other Localisms of the Southwest
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of the lost mines of the San Saba and Llano rivers, rumors of an untapped vein of wonderfully rich gold west of Paisano Pass in Devil's River country, tales of forgotten posthole stashes where prosperous frontier ranchers once "banked" their gold and silver coins, and more., Written in 1930, Coronado's Children was one of J. Frank Dobie's first books, and the one that helped gain him national prominence as a folklorist. In it, he recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest following in the footsteps of that earlier gold seeker, the Spaniard Coronado. "These people," Dobie writes in his introduction, "no matter what language they speak, are truly Coronado's inheritors.... l have called them Coronado's children. They follow Spanish trails, buffalo trails, cow trails, they dig where there are no trails; but oftener than they dig or prospect they just sit and tell stories of lost mines, of buried bullion by the jack load... " This is the tale-spinning Dobie at his best, dealing with subjects as irresistible as ghost stories and haunted houses., Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of lost mines and forgotten stashes of coin.
LC Classification Number
TN23.9

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  • Coronado's Children is but a Sequel...

    "Coronado's Children" is a wonderful follow-up to J. Frank Dobie's masterful "Apache Gold, Yaqui Silver". Mr. Dobie, a professor at University of Texas, but a genuine Texas cowboy who rode the rugged ranges and hung out with colorful characters, possesses a special gift. Part-folklorist, part-humorist, full-fledge historian, Mr. Dobie is a genuine American treasure. A must-read for any student of history or the American Southwest/Mexico, both of these finely-crafted efforts are not to be missed... MPG

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  • Great story line.

    Great content, really enjoyed the area described, have walked in the same footsteps as the author.

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  • Well worth reading if you are a student of Western history and treasure hunting..

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  • Fast, fun, informative .

    Very interesting collection of a great story teller.

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    For treasure hunters and wanna be treasure hunters this is compelling stuff.

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