RE: RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled treasure hunters?

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 11 Aug 2008

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    This should be of extreme interest to all who enjoy noir'ish pulp adventure:

    http://www.fearzone.com/blog/gabriel-hunt

    (brought to you by Ardai of Hard Case Crime fame).

    Ron C.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of Nathan Cain
    > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2008 3:55 PM
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled treasure hunters?
    >
    > David Dodge's Plunder of the Sun is about the search for lost gold in
    > South America. It's one of Hard Case's early reprints.
    >
    > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Ed Lynskey <e_lynskey@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > > Good topic. IIRC, Gil Brewer's THREE-WAY SPLIT (from Stark House)
    involves
    > > underwater treasure. I enjoyed reading it.
    > >
    > > Ed
    > >
    > > --- On Sun, 8/10/08, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > >
    > >> From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
    > >> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled treasure hunters?
    > >> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > >> Date: Sunday, August 10, 2008, 5:46 PM
    > >
    > >> After watching an interesting documentary about the Odyssey
    > >> company
    > >> and its incredible finds, especially one that is in court,
    > >> I wonder
    > >> about the topic of treasure hunting in hardboiled
    > >> literature. This
    > >> case would make for good thrillers. The advances in
    > >> technology have
    > >> changed the game considerably.
    > >>
    > >> P.S. The current conflict is that the enormous load of
    > >> silver (600
    > >> thousand coins) came from a disputed location. Odyssey says
    > >> it came
    > >> from somewhere in the Atlantic. The Spanish government says
    > >> it had to
    > >> come from the Mediterranean, in Spanish waters.
    > >>
    > >> Best
    > >>
    > >> mrt
    > >>
    > >>
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    > >>
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    > >> Yahoo! Groups Links
    > >>
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >
    >
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