Treasure Coast Gold [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
McElroy, Paul
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
From Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 20, 2019
About this Item
Near fine condition glossy color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes List of Other Books by Paul McElroy; Author Dedication; Introduction: Florida's Treasure Coast; Prologue; Preliminary Page Quote by Nietzsche; Epilogue Quote by James Baldwin; Acknowledgments; and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and frontispiece map. The upper edge of the first free front endpaper/title page contains a neatly printed former owner name. Signed by the author with thick blue Sharpie/marker at the lower section of the first free front endpaper/title page. Also includes a newspaper article in the Opinion section, dated Saturday, September 27, 2003 entitled: Hunted Spanish galleon part of fleet full of treasure, sunk in 1715 storm." "Sleepy Stuart, Florida is the setting for a tale involving prohibition era rumrunners, rumored pirate treasure and a 1715 Spanish treasure galleon buried under thirty feet of beach sand. Uncovered in a 1949 hurricane the galleon was reburied when the backside of the monstrous storm passed through. A hotel waitress and handyman discovered the wreckage of the captain's cabin during the eye of the hurricane, hauled off several chests of gold doubloons and kept their haul secret for almost fifty years until Mack McCray stumbles across them. The handyman is in a nursing home and his family claims that he has dementia because he constantly babbles about buried treasure. The waitress, now in her late eighties, was sent to a nursing home by her daughter to keep her from talking. Mack's coincidental encounter results in a covert assignment in Biloxi, Mississippi where he meets a retired New Orleans stripper in a local watering hole. The assignment brings back a flood of poignant memories and an encounter with a promiscuous young stripper following in her grandmother's footsteps. Upon his return to Stuart a week later Mack is charged with the murder of a mysterious man found shot to death in the marina boathouse and his best friend Ralph is missing. Assassins, double identities, retired strippers; mysterious gold Spanish coins and Rat's boathouse encounter with a turkey buzzard named Napoleon interwine in a spine tingling thriller. Intrigue, mystery, suspense and humor, plus a touch of Florida history, are expertly woven together in the plot. McElroy keeps the reader turning pages without revealing the surprise conclusion until the last paragraph." - from the rear outer cover. Seller Inventory # 008038
Bibliographic Details
Title: Treasure Coast Gold [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, ...
Publisher: Treasure Coast Mysteries, Inc., Stuart, Florida
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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