Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure

152 Pages·2013·18.32 MB·English

by  Schwartz Alvin

I1ARIN COUNTY FREE LIBRARY
Marin County Library
Who can resist buried treasure?
Just the words buried treasure conjure up
images of mystery and intrigue, ofjewels
and coins, of silver and gold.
Alvin Schwartz's brilliant new collection
is packed with legends, true stories, and
—
tall tales all about treasure hunting it,
finding it (or losing it), and the good and
bad luck itcan bring. He tellsabout pirates,
including Captain Kidd, and the facts be-
hind the famous legend. There are stories
of treasures that took years to find, like
Mel Fisher's nineteen-year search for two
sunken Spanish galleons. And there are
stories of treasure once discovered and
then left behind, but never found again,
as was the "gold lake" Robert Stoddard
said he stumbled upon high in the Sierra
Mountains. You'll even find clues to trea-
sures not yet uncovered Maybe you
. . .
will dig up one of these!
Coupled with DavidChristiana'swryand
inventive drawings, this collection is sure
to appeal to the treasure-seeker in every-
one.
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Textcopyright © 1988 byAlvin Schwartz
Pictures copyright © 1988 byDavidChristiana
Allrights reserved
Library ofCongress catalogcardnumber: 88-45326
Publishedsimultaneously in Canada by Collins Publishers, Toronto
Printedin the UnitedStates ofAmerica
Designedby ConstanceFogler
Firstedition, 1988
Gratefulacknowledgmentis made to thefollowingforpermission toreprintcopy-
rightedmaterial:
The Beale CypherAssociation: TheBeale ciphers in thestory "Three Ciphers"
andthe notes to thestory.
The California Folklore Society: "The ShinyBlack Wall" adaptedfrom "Cal-
iforniaMiners'Folklore:AboveGround,"p.41,byWaylandD.Hand,California
Folklore Quarterly /, 1942.
Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc.: "12 Fathom NE" and "Forty-five Pinholes"
adapted from True Tales of Buried Treasure, pp. 167—69, 242—72, by
EdwardRowe Snow. Copyright © 1950, i960 byEdwardRowe Snow.
WilliamMorrow & Company, Inc.: "TheFresno Tree"adaptedfrom On the
Old West Coast, Being Further Reminiscences ofa Ranger, pp. 60—71,
byHoraceBell, editedbyLanierBartlett. Copyright© 1930 by WilliamMorrow
&? Company, renewed 1958 by LanierBartlett.
UniversityofTexasPress:"TheRingandtheArrow"adaptedfromCoronado's
Children, pp. 298—99, 300—1, byJ. Frank Dobie. Copyright © 1930 by the
SouthwestPress; copyright © 1958 byJ. FrankDobie; copyright © 1978 by the
University ofTexas Press.
VikingPenguin, Inc.: "Underthe Silk-Cotton Tree"basedon "OneHandful"
from Whistle in the Graveyard byMariaLeach. Copyright © 1974 byMaria
Leach.