What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak

Schweidel, David & Boswell, Robert

ISBN 10: 1933693215 / ISBN 13: 9781933693217

Published by Cinco Puntos Press, 2008

About this Item

First edition (2008.) Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo with 341 pages. Signed by authors on title page, "David Schweidel Robert Boswell," and then signed on the dedication page, " For David, Hope you enjoy the hunt. Cheers, David." This also includes a card to the recipient from a friend of the authors stating as such. The Book and Dust Jacket are in very good condition with slight shelf wear. Interior is clean and tight. Pictures available upon request. "This wide-ranging book zigzags through time to tell the story of one man's fanatical belief in buried gold. What Men Call Treasure is highly readable and puts treasure hunting at a personal level, including numerous period photographs." Black-Yellow spine/ Yellow text. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933693215
• ISBN 13: 9781933693217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed
• Book Type: Native American History

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Synopsis

In 1937, Doc Noss--part-adventurer, part-conman--discovered fabulous treasure inside the caverns of New Mexicos Victorio Peak. He dynamited the tunnel to hide the treasure from other treasure hunters. At least thats what he said happened. Decades later his grandson decides to find that treasure. He found money and support to follow his dream and overcome many obstacles--bad weather, broken equipment, the Army, and Congress. But Victorio Peak would not give up its treasure.

About the Author

David Schweidel grew up in El Paso, Texas, three miles from the Mexican border. He remembers feeling like an anthropologist long before he knew what an anthropologist was. His first novel, Confidence of the Heart, won the Milkwood National Fiction Prize in 1995. Currently, he lives in Berkeley with his wife Linda and works at the University of California. Robert Boswell is normally a fiction writer. He is the author of seven books, most recently Century's Son reprinted by Picador in 2003. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and many other magazines. He shares the Cullen Chair in Creative Writing at the University of Houston with his wife, writer Antonya Nelson.