The book of buried treasure : being a true history of the gold jewels and plate of pirates galleons etc. which are sought for to this day - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0405142242 ISBN 13 : 9780405142246

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt y more!" "No, they think they will, but they generally forget the marks or else they die. Anyway, it lays there a long time and gets rusty; and by and by somebody finds an old yellow paper that tells how to find the marks,--a paper that's got to be ciphered over about a week because it's mostly signs and hy'roglyphics." Hunting lost treasure is not work but a fascinating kind of play that belongs to the world of make believe. It appeals to that strain of boyishness which survives in the average man even though his pow be frosted, his reputation starched and conservative. It is, after all, an inherited taste handed down from the golden age of fairies. The folk-lore of almost every race is rich in buried treasure stories. The pirate with his stout sea chest hidden above high-water mark is lineally descended from the enchanting characters who lived in the shadow land of myth and fable. The hoard of Captain Kidd, although he was turned off at Execution Dock only two hundred years ago, has become as

Présentation de l'éditeur

The history and language in this book are rich and intriguing. Want to do some treasure hunting? Want to find some gold and jewels? This book is a reprint about treasure hunting first published in 1922. Little of the treasure discussed herein has yet to be found. Read carefully, and watch your back.

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• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0405142242
• ISBN 13: 9780405142246
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible