Great American Treasure Hunting Stories

Two of mankinds most persistent questsget rich quick and something for nothingprovide the power driving these tales of treasure-seekers in action. Renowned storytellers like Louis LAmour and Jack London join real-life adventurers risking their lives for riches they think are worth the dangers. Buried treasure, creeks glittering with gold nuggets, sunken galleons filled with Spanish doubloonsthe mother lodes are as varied as the men pursuing them. Some of the seekers will be rewarded; others face tragedy in remote places, lost among the jungles, mountains, and oceans. In both fiction and non-fiction, these stories make treasure hunting a real-life experience, in gripping prose that makes the reader of these stories part of the hunt itself.