{"product_id":"the-hunt-for-confederate-gold-9781959403760","title":"The Hunt for Confederate Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst entry in an all-new series where the high school age male heroes are smart, tough, and resourceful--and hunting treasure from American history's secret past is the greatest game of all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFind the Missing Confederate Gold \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Prescott, Porter Rockwell, and Latch McRae couldn't be more different. Ben is a home-schooled brainiac. Porter is the starting quarterback for the Ridgeport Raiders, and Latch is a grease-smudged prodigy who never saw an engine he couldn't take apart and set to purring. Yet the three have been friends forever, drawn together by a shared passion: treasure hunting for the forgotten loot of American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring a raucous Fourth of July fireworks battle, the trio stumbles onto a lost Confederate blockade-runner. Locked inside: a rusted safe, a sealed pouch, and the first breadcrumb to a vanished fortune in Confederate government gold, missing since the final days of the War Between the States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey're not alone. A bitter ex-employee of Ben's father and a well-funded outsider are willing to lie, steal, and threaten to take the treasury for themselves, and wipe out the story of its origin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the hunters must face danger and work their way through knotty clues and ciphers as they seek a long-lost map drawn in invisible ink on the back of a letter from General Robert E. Lee himself! It's a map that may point to one of America's richest lost treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American Treasure Hunters series is packed with adventure, mystery, and action as modern-day high school seniors Ben, Porter, and Latch search for lost treasure from America's hidden past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ark Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959403760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296","brand":"Andrew M. Dare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418942468277,"sku":"9781959403760","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_9ff00e77-9883-4da5-9d79-073190bfde09.jpg?v=1775570795","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hunt-for-confederate-gold-9781959403760","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}