El Lobo and Spanish Gold - First Edition
El Lobo And Spanish Gold: A Texas Maverick In Mexico. Carl E. Ricketts. Austin: Madrona Press,1974. Hardcover. 9 x 6”. First edition, xvi, 208 pages, map endpapers, b/w drawings, references.
Very good condition, clean, tight, crisp, and unmarked. The dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear.
This book relates the escapades a south Texas boy who throws his life away for adventure - gold, airplanes, women, revolutions, and whiskey. Richard Thompson – El Lobo was a mercenary pilot employed by the CIA after WW2 and was one of the pilots involved in the CIA coup of Guatamala in 1956. He was a mercenary pilot, gold miner and gunrunner. It is a story of buried treasures, the early days of aviation, and Central American revolutions. ON HOLD FOR MIGUEL
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