Research Catalog
The treasure of the Superstition Mountains
- Title
- The treasure of the Superstition Mountains / Gary Jennings.
- Author
- Jennings, Gary.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©1973.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | Text | Use in library | 1105.173.499 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 247 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Relates legend, lore, and fact concerning the Lost Dutchman gold mine of south-central Arizona.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 245-247.
- Contents
- The treasure of the Superstition Mountains -- The treasure -- The mountains -- The rocks that float, the wood that sinks -- The keepers -- The legends -- Came the white men -- Some came to search -- Some came to stay -- Some came to die -- And still they come -- And the treasure waits.
- The southern escarpment of the Superstition Mountains -- A few of the hundreds of Indian petroglyphs at Hieroglyphic Springs. These include abstract designs, figures of humans, deer, and mountain sheep -- Irrigation canals dug by the prehistoric Hohokam Indians were re-dug by the founders of Phoenix -- and are still in use today -- Berni Schoenfield -- Elmer "Gold Nugget" Turner -- "Mac" McMann -- Ranch once belonging to Elisha Reavis, the Hermit of the Superstitions -- The Northeastern Superstitions after the great fire in 1966.
- Maps: The southwestern corner of the Superstitions, showing the originally-named Superstition Mountain proper -- The southern area of the Superstitions -- The north-central area of the Superstitions -- The east-central area of the Superstitions.
- ISBN
- 039308678X
- 9780393086782
- 9780393336108
- 0393336107
- LCCN
- 76163371
- OCLC
- ocm00695007
- 695007
- SCSB-585257
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library