Coronado ' S Children: Tales Of Lost Mines And Buried Treasures Of The Southwest - H
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:7670139 | Subject: Children's |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Language: English |
| Binding: Hardcover |
See pictures as they are part of the description--- previous owners tag inside board ..I believe this book is a 1st ed ..illustrated 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."Th...ese 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 housesTHANK YOU FOR LOOKING 3/18
