Oklahoma Treasures and Treasure Tales - Hardcover

Steve Wilson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806112409 ISBN 13: 9780806112404

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976

Synopsis

It is a book of stories-some true, some legendary- about fabulous caches of lost treasure: outlaw loot buried in the heat of pursuit, hoards of Spanish gold dud silver secreted for a later day, Frenchmen's gold ingots hidden amid massive cryptic symbols, Indian treasure concealed in caves, and lost mines- gold and silver and platinum.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Wilson, who was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, in the fabled Wichita Mountains, is a graduate of Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma. From childhood he was entranced by his grandfather's stories about Frank James, Cole Younger, Al Jennings, Heck Thomas, Quanah Parker, and Geronimo, all of' whom the elder Wilson met when he was an early settler in Lawton Wilson became interested in writing this book, when he discovered that many of the tales had never ÿbeen recorded. He is Director of the Institute of the Great Plains and editor of the Great Plains Journal whose headquarters are in the Museum of the Great Plains, Elmer Thomas Park, Lawton. He is the author of many articles on southwestern Americana.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0806112409
• ISBN 13: 9780806112404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 325