Product Details
As ransom for the great ruler, Atahualpa, the Spanish explorer Pizarro stole a $60 million Incan hoard - forty mule-loads of gold, silver, jewelry, emeralds, gem-encrusted gold icons, and one of the first Bibles to arrive in the Western Hemisphere. It is allegedly buried near the Salt Fork of the Brazos River in Stonewall County. The above treasure tale, along with thrity more, are gathered from the most geographically and culturally diverse state in the Union. Telling of the lost fortunes of Native Americans, Spanish exploeres, and Mexican, German, and Scotch-Irish settlers, these tales are products of the people of Texas: their experiences, adventures, explorations, and lust for wealth.
|
