The Hidden Treasure of the Chisos - Dearen, Patrick
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The Big Bend of Texas is a mysterious place in 1869. Legend has it that there's a lost gold mine in the Chisos Mountains. Twelve-year-old Fish Rawlings and his cousin Gid have heard all about it. But when they discover a dying Indian in the desert, they have reason to believe it. Suddenly the boys find themselves with a great secret. No one else knows the way to the last Chisos mines-but do they dare? To find it, they must cross a desert prowled by Apache warriors. They must ride a trail haunted by devil animals and Indian spooks. Even with the help of a young Apache boy, the journey won't be easy. And what will they do if they succeed?…mehr

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The Big Bend of Texas is a mysterious place in 1869. Legend has it that there's a lost gold mine in the Chisos Mountains. Twelve-year-old Fish Rawlings and his cousin Gid have heard all about it. But when they discover a dying Indian in the desert, they have reason to believe it. Suddenly the boys find themselves with a great secret. No one else knows the way to the last Chisos mines-but do they dare? To find it, they must cross a desert prowled by Apache warriors. They must ride a trail haunted by devil animals and Indian spooks. Even with the help of a young Apache boy, the journey won't be easy. And what will they do if they succeed?
Autorenporträt
A member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, Patrick Dearen is the author of twenty-seven books. His ten nonfiction works include A Cowboy of the Pecos, The Last of the Old-Time Cowboys, and Saddling Up Anyway: The Dangerous Lives of Old-Time Cowboys. His research has led to seventeen novels, including The Big Drift, winner of the Spur Award of Western Writers of America. His other novels include When Cowboys Die (a Spur Award finalist), Perseverance, When the Sky Rained Dust, The Illegal Man, To Hell or the Pecos, Dead Man's Boot, Apache Lament, Haunted Border, and The End of Nowhere.A ragtime pianist and wilderness enthusiast who has summited Mount Livermore (Baldy Peak), Dearen lives with his wife, Mary, in Texas. See patrickdearen.com for more information.