Description: Iowa Legends of Buried Treasuresby Charlton LairdPaperback187 pagesISBN 0-934988-23-4Foundation Books 1990NEWShrink-wrapped Charlton Grant Laird wrote Iowa Legends of Buried Treasure in 1927 for his master's thesis at the State University of Iowa. Laird, who was raised on the family farm near McGregor, Iowa, had gathered many of the stories while working as a writer for Wallace's Farmer, an Iowa based weekly agricultural news and entertainment magazine. He solicited stories from family, friends, and Iowa readers by requesting the readers to send in actual stories of buried treasure in Iowa, even if the treasure was never found. The reader with the best story was awarded five dollars. The contest entries were subsequently used by Laird in several Wallaces' Farmer articles on buried treasure and later used in writing Iowa Legends of Buried Treasure. Included are 40 tales of lost treasure in Iowa involving Indian mound treasure, Jesse James, early pioneers, and even a 1920 bank robbery. Spans 25 Iowa counties. Here is one for the treasure hunter that wants genuinely research leads.
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
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Book Title: Iowa Legends of Buried Treasure
Author: Charlton G. Laird
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, In, Ks, MI, MN, MO, North Dakota, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Special Interest / Adventure
Publisher: Foundation Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1990
Genre: Travel, History
Number of Pages: 187 Pages
