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''Coronado's Children'' was the second book written by
J. Frank Dobie James Frank Dobie (September 26, 1888 – September 18, 1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for his many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range ...
, published by The Southwest Press in 1930. It deals with lore of
lost mines Lost mines are a popular form of lost treasure legend. The mines involved usually contain a high-value commodity such as gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the h ...
and lost
treasure Treasure (from la, thesaurus from Greek language ''thēsauros'', "treasure store") is a concentration of wealth — often originating from ancient history — that is considered lost and/or forgotten until rediscovered. Some jurisdictions leg ...
s in the American Southwest, for the most part in
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. The Spanish explorer
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...
quested for the fabled
Seven Cities of Gold The myth of the Seven Cities of Gold, also known as the Seven Cities of Cibola (), was popular in the 16th century and later featured in several works of popular culture. According to legend, the seven cities of gold referred to Aztec mythology r ...
in the 16th century. Dobie thought that recent searchers for lost mines and lost treasure in the American West were the spiritual heirs of Coronado, hence the name of the book, "Coronado's Children."


See also

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Lost mines Lost mines are a popular form of lost treasure legend. The mines involved usually contain a high-value commodity such as gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the h ...
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Buried treasure Buried treasure is a literary trope commonly associated with depictions of pirates, criminals, and Old West outlaws. According to popular conception, these people often buried their stolen fortunes in remote places, intending to return to t ...


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 Texas literature