Buried Treasures of Texas

by W.C. Jameson

Overview

These treasure stories encourage dreams of riches and high adventure. -Review of Texas Books Part of the colorful history of Texas includes legends of outlaw loot, pirate hoards, buried mines, and Santa Anna's lost pack-train carrying gold. This book contains 31 legends ranging from lost fortunes of Native Americans, French pirates, Spanish explorers, and Mexican soldiers to the early exploits of German and Scotch-Irish settlers. These unique tales from the people of the Lone Star State highlight their adventures and struggles in search of lost mines and forgotten treasures. Cowboys, outlaws, and stage coach robbers run fill the pages of this collection of Texas stories from real-life treasure hunter, W.C. Jameson. Readers will learn about the importance of courage, resourcefulness and responsibility in this enthralling adventure collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874831788
Publisher:	August House Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/28/2006
Series:	Buried Treasure
Pages:	202
Sales rank:	1,119,121
Product dimensions:	5.62(w) x 8.65(h) x 0.54(d)
Lexile:	1240L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 18 Years

About the Author

W.C. Jameson Bio:W.C. Jameson is the award-winning and best-selling author of more than seventy books and over 1,500 articles and essays. In addition, he is an accomplished songwriter and performer, having recorded five albums of his original music and acted in five films. He has written the soundtracks for four films, and wrote and performed in the musical, “Whatever Happened to the Outlaw, Jesse James?” Jameson is the best-selling treasure author in the world. Perhaps he is known best, as the creator of the popular Buried Treasures of America series for August House. His success and fame as a professional treasure hunter has led to appearances on television's “Unsolved Mysteries,” the Travel Channel, the Discovery Channel, Nightline, and National Public Radio. He also consulted with the production team for the highly successful feature film, “National Treasure,” starring Nicholas Cage. One of Jameson's most popular books is Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave, a regional bestseller. This controversial book presents stunning evidence that the famous outlaw, Billy the Kid, was not killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881 but went on to live an adventurous and productive life for the next sixty-nine years. Jameson has won numerous awards for his writing from a number of professional associations. A nationally recognized and honored author, he has served as a judge for several prestigious literary competitions. When not on an expedition or writing a book, Jameson tours the country performing his music at folk festivals, colleges and universities, concert halls, and roadhouses.

Editorial Reviews

These treasure stories encourage dreams of riches and high adventure. They also serve as written record of what previously existed primarily in an oral tradition. Both young and general readers will find stimulating reading here.

Review Of Texas Books - Sally Dooley

The author knows how to weave good stories and get the gold fever flowing.

Dallas Morning News - Si Dunn

[W]ill wet the appetite of anyone intrigued by the magic words ‘buried treasure.’

Austin American Statesman - Mike Cox

Great entertainment for the armchair adventurer.

Waco Herald-Tribune - Judyth Rigler

These volumes will make you want to get out the old metal detector and try to find the buried treasure somewhere, even in the backyard. ... Jameson's books are well researched and engagingly written.

The Pilot