The Treasure Hunter [Hardcover]

Robin Moore (Author), Howard Jennings (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 261 pages
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall; 1st edition (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0139305297
• ISBN-13: 978-0139305290
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,018,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventure from your armchair, March 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Treasure Hunter (Hardcover)

After spending a while locating this book I found it marvelous, it excites the imagination its realism is refreshing and keeps dreams of adventure and fortune alive.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Real-Life Indiana Jones......., November 15, 2003

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M. Bell (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Treasure Hunter (Hardcover)

If Howard Jennings wasn't George Lucas's inspiration for the Indiana Jones movies, he very well could've been. This book documented by one of his treasure hunting cronies gives novelistic descriptions of everything from found pirate hoards to emerald gems discovered in South America by Jennings. Seems both the author and this modern-day swashbuckler were also first-rate ladies men throughout their years of treasure hunting adventures together which adds even more spice to the true tales. Danger, intrigue and adventure are the key elements of this book whether you're a treasure hunting couch potato or a serious treasure hunter yourself. Practical advice abounds and the book even closes with some known and not so well known sites for aspirants to follow the leads of. While this book is out of print, the good news is that several cheap copies are available online at places like abebooks.com. Discover for yourself why this book is a treasure all on its own!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Judge in a contemporary context., March 19, 2011

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Bess "Somewhere In The Universe" (Probably) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Treasure Hunter (Hardcover)

This book tells of exploits that occurred decades before certain 'sensibilities' entered the fray.

It's an adventure story, pure and simple. Inside of every red-blooded man there exists a muted desire to do what they did; to throw off the shackles of the daily grind, head off to somewhere wild and risk life, limb and freedom in pursuit of riches. This book is pretty much a tale of guys who had the balls to translate those thoughts into action. Were they scofflaws? Yep. Do they make any apologies about this? No.

We can argue about what they did in terms of artifact hunting- when it's done by an adventurer, it's called "looting", yet when the very same thing is done by a college professor, they call it "academic fieldwork". The difference? A few measurements here, a few notes there. Context can be important, but sometimes, "context" is simply a pretext cited by academics to preclude anyone but them from getting the artifacts. Private hunters do it for riches, public hunters do it for prestige, ego and acknowledgment. Let there be no doubt, both sides has their own personal motivations for "chasing history".

It's a good read. If you want a book that holds your hands as we weep and cry about "cultural patrimony", this isn't for you. It's for guys with normal to above-average testosterone levels.