Buried Treasures of the South: Legends of Lost, Buried, and Forgotten Treasures, from Tidewater Virginia and Coastal Carolina to Cajun Louisiana

ISBN-13: 9780874832860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str.

W. C. Jameson

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This fifth volume in W.C. Jameson's Buried Treasure series contains 38 tales gathered from the breadth of the American South. Eight states are included: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Jameson includes classic treasure stories like The Lost Treasure of Pirate William Kirk (Virginia), Chief Sontechee's Silver Hoard (North Carolina), Natchez Trace: Treasure Trail (Mississippi), and legends of Indian hoards, Civil War caches, lost mines, and robbery stashes. He even includes a report of one recovered treasure in "Found: The Long-lost Treasure of the SS Central America" (South Carolina)."