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''Coronado's Children'' (1930) was the second book written by J. Frank Dobie, published by The Southwest Press in 1930. It deals with lore of
lost mines The "lost mine" is a popular form of lost treasure legend. Although there are countless examples around the world, several common themes can be traced throughout the various legends. Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or min ...
and lost
treasure Treasure (from from Greek ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions legally define what constit ...
s in the
Southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural list of regions of the United States, region of the United States that includes Arizona and New Mexico, along with adjacen ...
, for the most part in
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. The Spanish explorer
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comm ...
quested for the fabled
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in the 16th century. Dobie thought that recent searchers for lost mines and lost treasure in the
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were the spiritual heirs of Coronado, hence the name of the book, "Coronado's Children."


See also

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Lost mines The "lost mine" is a popular form of lost treasure legend. Although there are countless examples around the world, several common themes can be traced throughout the various legends. Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or min ...
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Buried treasure Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, alongside Vikings, criminals, and outlaws in the Old West. According to popular conception, these people often buried their stolen fortunes in remote places ...


References

*{{citation , last = Dobie , first = J. Frank , title = Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest , publisher = University of Texas Press , year = 2004 , isbn = 0-292-71052-6 1930 non-fiction books Texas literature Books about folklore