"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 tell stories of lost mines, of buried bullion by the jack load..."
This is the tale-spinning Dobie at his best, dealing with subjects as irresistible as ghost stories and haunted houses.
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"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 tell stories of lost mines, of buried bullion by the jack load..."
This is the tale-spinning Dobie at his best, dealing with subjects as irresistible as ghost stories and haunted houses.
Imprint | University of Texas Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Barker Texas History Centre Series, No. 3 |
Release date | 2004 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 1978 |
Authors | J. Frank Dobie |
Dimensions | 230 x 150 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 329 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-71052-8 |
Barcode | 9780292710528 |
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LSN | 0-292-71052-6 |