Confederate Gold and Dead Man's Gold

Confederate Gold and Dead Man's Gold
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 500
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429933575
ISBN-13 : 1429933577
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Confederate Gold and Dead Man's Gold by : Cameron Judd

Confederate Gold Enoch Brand never met a fight he couldn't resist. His wife Minnie had the same problem with men. Then Minnie finally ran off from Enoch, while the two were headed home to Tennessee. Now Enoch has gone charging after her—running straight into a gun battle, a one-handed ex– Confederate soldier, and a storm of lies, betrayal, and greed that all comes down to one thing: a a fortune waiting to be claimed. The only trouble is, it's killing those who want it most. . . Dead Man's Gold In a remote mining camp in California's rugged Sierra Mountains, a small group of men, women, and children are weathering a slow winter—until a band of trigger-happy, whiskey-slugging thieves comes in search of stolen gold. But what these ruffians didn't count on is having to reckon with the Underhills in a fiery battle that will leave some six feet under...and others rich beyond their wildest dreams.

Dead Man's Gold

Dead Man's Gold
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Publisher : Pinnacle Books
Total Pages : 239
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780786022960
ISBN-13 : 0786022965
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Dead Man's Gold by : J.A. Johnstone

The son of legendary gunfighter Frank Morgan, The Loner is fast with his fists, faster with a gun, and haunted by the demons of his past. . . The Way Of The West With his wife's killers dead and buried, Conrad Morgan--known as The Loner--is on his way to Mexico for some peace and quiet. But on the way he's sidetracked by some intriguing travelers who are hunting down a valuable golden artifact. They're not the only ones who want to get a hold of the treasure. A running gun battle with some killers lands The Loner and his cohorts in the Jornada del Muerto--a hellish, waterless wasteland in New Mexico Territory. And now it's up to The Loner to get himself and his new friends out of this arid stretch of land before they perish from thirst. . .or lead poisoning.. . .

Dead Man's Trail

Dead Man's Trail
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780451238450
ISBN-13 : 0451238451
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Dead Man's Trail by : Frank Leslie

From the author of the acclaimed Yakima Henry series comes a Christmas-themed western. Christmas for Yakima Henry isn't all that merry... Yakima Henry is hunting wild horses with his partner, Lewis Shackleford, when they're attacked by desperadoes. A mysterious gunman with a Sharps rifle sends the thieves running. But when they go to thank their savior, they find him dead--with a large poke of gold amongst his gear. Haunted by the man's death, Yakima takes it upon himself to take the gold to the shooter's family. But even around Christmas, nothing is easy. On the trip through the snowy Wyoming mountains, Yakima will have to fight hard to save himself and his traveling companions--including a beautiful woman on the run--from predators both animal and human.

Dead Man's Hand

Dead Man's Hand
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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages : 312
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781728239668
ISBN-13 : 1728239664
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Dead Man's Hand by : David Nix

An action-packed historical western for fans of William Johnstone and Louis L'Amour. Condemned to die, he's about to find a reason to live. Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train begin looking to Paynter for leadership, and he reluctantly falls into the role. The opportunity to escape arises when the wagon train is attacked by bandits, but Paynter's growing ties to the travelers compel him to stay. As his trial approaches, Paynter must lean on his friends for salvation, but the laws of the west are swift and harsh, and a grueling confrontation with his past is on the horizon.

The Quest of Brady Kenton

The Quest of Brady Kenton
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780312975784
ISBN-13 : 0312975783
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Quest of Brady Kenton by : Cameron Judd

Years after his wife Victoria dies in a train crash, Western reporter Brady Kenton finds an Englishwoman claiming to be Victoria's long-lost daughter, but a Texas manhunter believes the woman to be an insane killer.

The Hanging At Leadville

The Hanging At Leadville
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Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Total Pages : 256
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466826717
ISBN-13 : 1466826711
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hanging At Leadville by : Cameron Judd

With over one million of his books in print, Cameron Judd is one of today's foremost authors of the American West. Here Judd pens a compelling historical novel with the elements of mystery, ghost story, and Western woven brilliantly together. Welcome to Leadville. A melting pot of Irish and Swedes, steelworkers and scam artists. Growing faster than it can bear, tainted by the soot of smelters and the smell of whiskey, Leadville is the town where two reporters carrying pencils, pads and six-guns will meet their match. Brady Kenton, America's foremost traveling reporter, has come to the violent mining town to sniff out a story for Gunnison's Illustrated American. Alex Gunnison, son of the famous publisher, comes along for the ride, as Kenton's assistant and to keep the trouble-seeking journalist out of harm's way. But with a dead body found and lost, and an innocent boy running from a killer, the two men have more than a story on their hands. They're searching for a Civil War criminal who may be alive and well in Leadville-and up to his killing ways again...

Lost Gold of the Dark Ages

Lost Gold of the Dark Ages
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 244
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426208140
ISBN-13 : 1426208146
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Lost Gold of the Dark Ages by : Caroline Alexander

Presents a history of England from the departure of Roman forces in 450 A.D. to the Norman invasion of 1066, focusing on the gold and silver artifacts of the Staffordshire Hoard found in 2009 to highlight the events and art of the period.

Confederate Gold and Silver

Confederate Gold and Silver
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Publisher : WestBow Press
Total Pages : 332
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781449742775
ISBN-13 : 1449742777
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Confederate Gold and Silver by : Peter F. Warren

This historical mystery contains two stories which gradually merge into one. One occurs during 2011, while the other takes place in 1863 during the height of the Civil War. In 2011, after moving to South Carolina, Paul Waring, a retired Connecticut state trooper, and his wife start their new life. Soon after moving, Paul makes a startling discovery. He discovers the remains of a long-forgotten Confederate soldier, along with several Civil War artifacts. Those artifacts include two glass bottles containing several clues he must decipher. Paul determines that one clue concerns the whereabouts of the lost Confederate treasury; a treasury largely comprised of gold and silver coins. He later discovers much of this gold was stolen from the United States government at the outbreak of the Civil War.

The Hunt for Confederate Gold

The Hunt for Confederate Gold
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Publisher : Abbott Press
Total Pages : 346
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781458215390
ISBN-13 : 1458215393
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Hunt for Confederate Gold by : Thomas Moore

In April 1865, the Southern Confederacy faced defeat. The Confederate government fled the capital of Richmond to avoid capture. The Confederacy still possessed a large store of gold and silver coin, but it disappeared in the chaos of the time. What became of the Confederate gold? No living soul is certain. In his exciting and moving novel, Thomas Moore imagines what might happen if the treasure reappeared through the discovery of a long-lost coded message. The Hunt for Confederate Gold is a suspenseful thriller that dramatizes the Confederate gold as a source of confrontation between a shadowy Southern group still seeking independence and a team of rogue Government agents determined to recover it at all costsincluding breaking the law. This exciting foray into one of Americas most tantalizing mysteries is also a love story, a cautionary political tale, and tour de force of a little-known chapter of the Civil War.

Rebel Gold

Rebel Gold
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 436
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781439108949
ISBN-13 : 1439108943
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Rebel Gold by : Warren Getler

As a boy growing up in rural Arkansas, Bob Brewer often heard from his uncle and his great-uncle about a particular tree in the woods, the "Bible Tree," filled with strange carvings. Years later he would learn that this tree was carved with symbols associated with the Knights of the Golden Circle, a Civil War­era secret society that had buried gold coins and other treasure in various remote locations across the South and Southwest in hopes of someday funding a second War Between the States. These secret caches were guarded by sentinels, men whose responsibility it was to watch and protect these sites. To his astonishment, Bob discovered that both his uncle and his great-uncle had been twentieth-century sentinels, and that he had grown up near an important KGC treasure site. In Shadow of the Sentinel, Bob Brewer and investigative journalist Warren Getler tell the fascinating story of the Knights of the Golden Circle and the hidden caches the KGC established across the country. Brewer reveals how, with agonizing effort, he eventually deciphered the fiendishly complicated KGC codes and ciphers, which drew heavily on images associated with Freemasonry. (Many of the key KGC post­Civil War leaders were Scottish Rite Masons, who used the cover of that secret fraternity to conduct their activities.) Using his knowledge of KGC symbolism to crack coded maps, Brewer has located several KGC caches and has recovered gold coins, guns, and other treasure from some of them. Shadow of the Sentinel is the most comprehensive account yet of the activities of the KGC after the Civil War and, indeed, into the 1900s. Getler and Brewer suggest that the clandestine network of KGC operatives was far wider than previously thought, and that it included Jesse James, the former Confederate guerrilla whose stage and bank robberies helped to fill KGC treasure chests. This is a rousing and provocative adventure that weaves together one man's personal quest with an intriguing, little-known chapter in America's hidden history.