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"Lost Loot covers 32 accounts of lost treasures, treasure hunters, jinxes, and curses from around the United States and Canada. Readers will follow the exploits of all kinds of adventurers ranging from pirates like Captain Kidd and Blackbeard to gangsters like Dutch Schultz and John Dillinger and modern thieves like D. B. Cooper and the mysterious person who stole the famed Faberge eggs. Explore dusty mines and caves of the Old West, the loot of Spanish Conquistadors, the exploits of gunslingers and explorers alike, as well as ancient mysteries of kings, knights, and holy relics in this rollicking page-turner"--
Table des matières
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. Pirates’ Plunder
1. The Curses of Charles Island
2. Captain Kidd’s Buried Treasure
3. Blackbeard’s Boast
4. Jean Lafitte and the Galveston Hoard
5. Around the World with Captain Thomas Cavendish
Part 2. Shipwrecks
6. The Wreck of the
SS Central America, the “Ship of Gold”
7. The Plate Fleet of 1715
Part 3. Caves and Mines
8. Daniel Boone and the Dry Indian
9. The Lost Dutchman Mine
10. The Old Spanish Treasure Cave
11. Mystery of the San Saba Mine
Part 4. The Treasures of Kings
12. Montezuma’s Revenge
13. Seven Cities of Cibola
14. Hidden Cities of Egypt
15. The Burial Chamber of King Kamehameha
Part 5. Mobsters, Gangsters, and Robbers
16. A Stagecoach and a “Blood-Soaked Treasure”
17. Beyond Jesse James and the Knights of the Golden Circle
18. The Hidden Loot of Sam Bass, a Texas Entrepreneur
19. The Lost Loot of Dutch Schultz
20. John Dillinger’s Suitcase
Part 6. Hunting Down Mysteries
21. Meriwether Lewis and the Missing Documents
22. The Mystery of the Beale Treasure
23. Long Tom’s Treasure
24. The Story of Frank from Pennsylvania
25. The Treasure of Cahuenga Pass
26. The Missing Fabergé Eggs
27. The Mystery of D. B. Cooper and the Highjacked Ransom
28. Forest Fenn and the Thrill of the Chase
Part 7. Mysteries of Oak Island
29. Nolan’s Cross
30. The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar and the Curse of Jacques de Molay
31. The Curse of the Holy Grail
32. The Ark of the Covenant
Bibliography
Index
A propos de l'auteur
Jim Willis earned his master’s degree in theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and he has been an ordained minister for over 40 years. He has also taught college courses in comparative religion and cross-cultural studies. His background in theology and education led to his writing more than 20 books on history, the apocalypse, and the mysteries of the unknown. His books include Visible Ink Press’ American Cults, Hidden History, and Lost Civilizations. He lives in the woods of South Carolina.
Résumé
A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Buried plunder and deathbed curses. Jinxes and fabulous treasures. Ambitious bank, train, and plane robberies. Tales of bewitching riches and lost fortunes. Read about the pursuit of riches turning to heartbreak in this mesmerizing story collection!
While some of these tales of treasure hunts might seem the stuff of legend, could there be more to them? 32 stories of reward, riches, greed, and ruin are collected in Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money, including …
Curses, deaths, and centuries old treasure on Oak Island
Searchers hunted down and killed before finding a gangster’s stolen riches
The eternal quest for D.B. Cooper and his hijack ransom
Elaborate booby traps protecting ill-gotten gains
Cursed Aztec wealth lost as it journeyed to Spain
Mysterious caves holding secrets in the Grand Canyon
The train-robbing Robin Hood myth of the Sam Bass Gang
Daniel Boone and the lost silver mine
Civil War coins hurriedly stashed after a brutal reign of terror
And the stories of dozens of other doomed pursuits of plundered riches.
Tales of bewitching riches and hunts gone wrong, yet hope springs eternal.
Lost Loot unfolds like a treasure map—but beware of the hidden, deadly obstacles!
