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3%OFFJ. Frank Dobie - Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver - 9780292703810 - V9780292703810
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Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver

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Description for Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver paperback. Introduces us to Pedro Loco, General Mexhuira's ghost, the German, and a colorful group of odd fellows driven to roam the hills in an eternal quest for the hidden entrance, the blazed tree, the box canyon, for fabulous wealth glimpsed, lost, and never forgotten. Series: The J. Frank Dobie. Num Pages: 380 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 474.

Buried vaults stacked with gold bars, secret caches of coins and jewels plundered from the Spaniards and the Church, exposed veins of ore with nuggets the size of turkey eggs. Guarded by the bones of dead men, the legendary treasures of the Southwest still wait for those foolhardy or desperate enough to seek them.

Death is the cure for gold fever, and the lucky few who saw the riches and lived to tell of them spent the rest of their lives searching, haunted by faulty memories, changed landscapes, and quirks of fate. It is the stories of these men and the ... Read more

In this masterful collection of tales, Dobie introduces us to Pedro Loco, General Mexhuira's ghost, the German, and a colorful group of oddfellows driven to roam the hills in an eternal quest for the hidden entrance, the blazed tree, the box canyon, for fabulous wealth glimpsed, lost, and never forgotten.

Are treasures really there? Searchers still seek them. But for the reader, the treasure is here—Dobie's tales are pure gold.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Series
The J. Frank Dobie
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292703810
SKU
V9780292703810
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About J. Frank Dobie
J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964) was a folklorist and author of many books about Texas life and culture.

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