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Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Silver Madonna and Other Tales of America's Greatest Lost Treasures By W. C. Jameson

From goodreads.com

The twenty-four tales in this book are of the most famous lost treasures in America, from a two-foot statue reportedly made entirely of silver (the Madonna ) and a cache of gold, silver, and jewelry that was rumored to also contain the first Bible in America to seventeen tons of gold its value equal to the treasury of a mid-sized nation buried somewhere in northwestern New Mexico. What makes these tales even more compelling is that none of these known-to-be-lost treasures have been discovered, although modern detecting technology has made them eminently discoverable.

Paperback, 208 pages

Published September 6th 2013 by "Taylor Trade Publishing" (first published January 1st 2013)

ISBN

1589798392 (ISBN13:9781589798397)

Leona's Review:

The Silver Madonna and Other Tales of America's Greatest Lost Treasures

by W. C. Jameson.

This is the first book I have read by W. C Jameson and one I really enjoyed.

The first of the book has a map, always appreciated, which identifies the locations of the Treasures in this book. I must say I was excited to find my hometown of Monahans, Texas and the Monahans Sandhills State Park. I have been going to the Sandhills since I was a child.

This is a fast reading book and certainly for the readers who like the treasure magazines and tales. The stories are short and interesting.

Other books by W. C. Jameson are Buried Treasure of The America Series ( 28 books) which include treasures in Texas, California, Missouri, New England and more. Beyond the Grave Series which are about Billy the Kid, John Wilkes Booth and Butch Cassidy. More series on food, poetry, fiction, books on writing, mysteries, ghosts and monsters.

Contents of The Silver Madonna stories are:

Map (before introduction)

Introduction (page 1)

1. The Silver Madonna (page 3)

2. The Lost Treasure Ship of the California Desert (page 11)

3. The Goat Herder's Lost Treasure (page 23)

4. The Lost Treasure of Shafter Lake (page 31)

5. The Lost Dutchman Mine of the Superstition Mountain (page 37)

6. The Huachuca Canyon Treasure (page 45)

7. Seventeen Tons of Gold at Lost Mesa (page 53)

8. The Lost Treasure of Cancino Arroyo (page 59)

9. The Lost Grierson Fortune (page 67)