The Gold of Carre-Shinob [Paperback]

Kerry Ross Boren (Author), Lisa Lee Boren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1998

Utah historian, Kerry Boren, claims to have found the grandest of all Mother Lodes--a hidden cavern inside a monster gold nugget, where Montezuma hid the bigger part of his treasure from Hernando Cortez. The pieces to this fantastic puzzle came together while Boren was studying ancient maps and unpublished journals.

Boren's incredible search led him to a remote Uintah Mountain treasure cavern, cursed by the Aztecs and guarded by the Ute Indians--where Brigham Young got the gold to mint coins and decorate temples.

Kerry Boren has solved the mystery of the lost Rhoades Mine, and now published for the first time the details of his search for all to read. Boren believes this remarkable, true story will change the way Utah history is perceived and taught for the next thousand years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 197 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Fort; First Edition edition (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555174116
• ISBN-13: 978-1555174118
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,620 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun, informative, fallacious, March 4, 2005

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This review is from: The Gold of Carre-Shinob (Paperback)

It's fun to think that there might be mountains full of treasure in your own backyard. Alas, I don't believe many of Boren's claims that these mountains exist. This book gives some informative historical information, and seems to all add up at times, yet, sometimes Boren's claims are laugh-out-loud silly. Boren gives a detailed account of one trip he took to a series of caverns filled with ancient treasure. Does anyone really believe this? If he is telling the truth, then a million questions immediately surface. If he's lying, then readers have to wonder what he has to gain from his lies. Money? Boren is locked tight in a Utah prison and won't be getting out anytime soon. I thought it was funny how Boren seemed to be related to every historical character he mentions in his book. He claims to be related to early Mormon church leaders, but also claims to be related to Utah Native American leaders. Hmmmm...interesting family there. I bet they have some wild family reunions. Boren also claims to be related to an ancient explorer of the Americas. I don't even know how he can justify this, because the man's very existence is barely recorded. Boren seems obsessed with writing himself into the legend of the gold. I guess being related to all these different people is the easiest way to do it. Reading about all the treasure that allegedly exists in the mountains of Utah is entertaining, but Boren has some serious credibility issues.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Kerry Ross Boren a "historian"? Read and decide., June 17, 2001

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Dave Soutter (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gold of Carre-Shinob (Paperback)

The Gold of Carre-Shinob is at the most very interesting reading. There are fantastic stories of long lost mines and Spanish gold in the mountains of Utah. But as far as being historically accurate, well... Boren seems to favor re-writing bits of history here and there throughout the book to support his tales. Read this book not for its historical accuracy, but rather for its intrigue and adventure.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great story, December 22, 2007

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Big B "Big B" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gold of Carre-Shinob (Paperback)

Its amazing the stories you can come up with when you have been sitting behind bars for 2o years, great stories with a bit of history