Coronados Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest by Dobie, J Frank - 1930

University of Texas Press, 1978-11-01. Revised ed. paperback. Used: Good.

Austin TX: University of Texas at Arlington, 1982. Wraps have light edgewear, front has one creased corner. spine unbent. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is tight.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Shaw, Charles. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1978. AA2 - A first university of texas press edition trade paperback book in very good condition that has some stains, label residue on the spine and front, tanning, tanning, some lightly bumped corners, some rubbing and chipping on the edges, sides, and corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Illustrations by Charles Shaw, Foreword by Frank H. Wardlaw. Barker Texas History Center Series, No. 3. Story of those who, for four centuries, have sought treasure in the fabulous lost mines of the Southwest. Book presents a thousand exciting incidents. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

University of Texas Press. paperback. New. 8x5x0. New Condition, Paperback book,

Literary Guild Of America, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. Good.

The Literary Guild, 1931. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. In orange cloth. No jacket. .

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1953 first edition . A-1089 , very good - fine, reading crease, Cover by Maguire. , paperback,

Austin, TX, U.S.A.: University of Texas Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Shaw, Charles (illustrator). Light shelfwear. clean, unmarked copy.

NY: Literary Guild of America. VG. 1931. Spine sunned, edge wear, dark mark on back cover. .

Shrinkwrapped Trade Paperback with glued binding 352 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket . Reprint edition 1978. Attractive illustrated wraps shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Written in 1930, Coronado's Children was one of J. Frank Dobie's first books, and the one that helped gain him national prominence as a folklorist. In it, he recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest following in the footsteps of that earlier gold seeker, the Spaniard Coronado. "These people," Dobie writes in his introduction, "no matter what language they speak, are truly Coronado's inheritors.... l have called them Coronado's children. They follow Spanish trails, buffalo trails, cow trails, they dig where there are no trails; but oftener than they dig or prospect they just sit and… Read More