Coronado’s Children (1930) was written by J. Frank Dobie. It deals with lore of lost mines and lost treasures in the American Southwest, for the most part in Texas. The Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado quested for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold 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.”
Appearance List Novel: Coronado’s Children (1930) [Internet Archive]. Podcast: Astonishing Legends: Episode 174-175 Coronado’s Children and the Pirate Laffitte
Sample Read Astonishing Legends: Episode 174 Coronado’s Children and the Pirate Laffitte Part 1 [YT]
Description Coronado’s Children (1930) was written by J. Frank Dobie. It deals with lore of lost mines and lost treasures in the American Southwest, for the most part in Texas. The Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado quested for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold 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.”
