{"title":"American Treasure Hunters Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks and editions in the American Treasure Hunters series.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hunt-for-confederate-gold-american-treasure-hunters","title":"The Hunt for Confederate Gold (American Treasure Hunters)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\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. During 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 lead to a vanished fortune in Confederate government gold, missing since the final days of the War Between the States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew to the series?\u003c\/strong\u003e Explore the \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/american-treasure-hunters-dares-lair\/american-treasure-hunters-reader-guide\"\u003eAmerican Treasure Hunters Reader Guide\u003c\/a\u003e for an introduction to the characters, themes, and world of the books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFueled by mystery, grit, glory, and sandwiches, three modern-day teens uncover America’s history and forgotten treasures one adventure at a time. The hunters are Ben Prescott, 18—the researcher, the mystic, the trailblazer; Porter Rockwell, 17—the man of action, the social glue; and Latch McRae, 17—the mechanic, the gear man, the straight-shooter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hunt Is On!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\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 lead to a vanished fortune in Confederate government gold, missing since the final days of the War Between the States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook 1 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781959403760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The mystery and the adventure were a lot of fun, but for my money, the best parts were the historical discussions and tidbits sprinkled throughout the book. . . . It’s good. It’s clean. It’s fun. . . . Our heroes are solving a mystery downstream of those facts, and they have to stick to them if they’re going to find the treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Andrew M. Dare wants to renew popular culture by directly renewing its seedbed, literature, with stories that will inspire young men to prepare their minds, souls, talents, and imaginations to dream big and achieve big. That’s why he has written a new series of novels for teenage boys who crave adventure and knowledge, learning technical skills and unraveling historical mysteries. Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . [The reader gets] a mixture of educational stuff with action, mystery, a little romance (that angle is handled quite well), and a little humor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—James Reasoner, Rough Edges\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“American Treasure Hunters continues to deliver exactly what it promised in Book 1: competent, ambitious young men having old-fashioned adventures while learning real American history. . . . It’s Hardy Boys with modern tech, surfing, football, and podcasts, aimed squarely at boys who want to read about other boys doing cool, heroic stuff.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“There’s a genuine sense of adventure running through the novel and the friendship between the main characters gives the story a lot of heart. It feels like the kind of book younger readers can easily become absorbed in while also giving older readers a reminder of the adventure stories they grew up with themselves.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Epic Indie\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew M. Dare\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the American Treasure Hunters series. He's an adventurer and world traveler who has climbed in Nepal, surfed the Shipstern boomers of Australia, and sailed the Roaring Forties solo from Fremantle to Patagonia. Dare is a native of North Carolina, where he runs an Outer Banks kite shop and lives in a historic cabin in the dunes near Nags Head with his dog, Gulliver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Ark Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52002389360929,"sku":"ARK-3760-PB","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/1550\/0321\/files\/ark-2027-hunt-confederate-gold-paperback_9e6b917d-e202-4928-902d-9b5172f9648b.jpg?v=1787796836"},{"product_id":"the-boston-tea-party-conspiracy-american-treasure-hunters","title":"The Boston Tea Party Conspiracy (American Treasure Hunters)","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e.ark-read-toggle .ark-read-less-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-more-label{display:none}.ark-read-toggle[open] .ark-read-less-label{display:inline}\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.28em; line-height: 1.45;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecond 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. A many times great-grandson of American patriot Samuel Adams asks the hunters to look into a new claim that the Boston Tea Party wasn’t about British tyranny, but was Sam Adams’ scheme to steal the tea and make himself rich. If Adams was a thief, America’s origin story cracks wide open.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdetails class=\"ark-read-toggle\" style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-more-label\"\u003eRead More\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ark-read-less-label\"\u003eRead Less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFueled by mystery, grit, glory, and sandwiches, three modern-day teens uncover America’s history and forgotten treasures one adventure at a time. The hunters are Ben Prescott, 18—the researcher, the mystic, the trailblazer; Porter Rockwell, 17—the man of action, the social glue; and Latch McRae, 17—the mechanic, the gear man, the straight-shooter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRevolutionary Treasure Hunt!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow a descendant of American patriot Samuel Adams asks them to look into a claim that the Boston Tea Party was not to oppose British tyranny, but Sam Adams’ scheme to steal the tea and make himself rich. The hunters head to Boston, where clues point to a colonial rebel at the Boston Tea Party who was not busy tossing tea into the harbor, but searching for the hidden key to a fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing clues and cracking ciphers, the hunters unearth a conspiracy that stretches from the Bengal court of old India to a human skeleton at the bottom of a well that may hold a clue that clears Samuel Adams’ name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook 2 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781959403791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The mystery and the adventure were a lot of fun, but for my money, the best parts were the historical discussions and tidbits sprinkled throughout the book. . . . It’s good. It’s clean. It’s fun. . . . Our heroes are solving a mystery downstream of those facts, and they have to stick to them if they’re going to find the treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Andrew M. Dare wants to renew popular culture by directly renewing its seedbed, literature, with stories that will inspire young men to prepare their minds, souls, talents, and imaginations to dream big and achieve big. That’s why he has written a new series of novels for teenage boys who crave adventure and knowledge, learning technical skills and unraveling historical mysteries. Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . [The reader gets] a mixture of educational stuff with action, mystery, a little romance (that angle is handled quite well), and a little humor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—James Reasoner, Rough Edges\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“This time the stakes involve clearing Samuel Adams’ name while searching for a long-lost treasure connected to the 1773 Tea Party ships. You get car chases through Boston neighborhoods, lessons on 18th-century smuggling methods, background on Masonic lodges, and a showdown on a golf course. This series is two-for-two when it comes to peeling back the curtain on current-day America and presenting it to young readers in a wondrous way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew M. Dare\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the American Treasure Hunters series. He's an adventurer and world traveler who has climbed in Nepal, surfed the Shipstern boomers of Australia, and sailed the Roaring Forties solo from Fremantle to Patagonia. 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At an auction house in San Antonio, the hunters come across an antique powder horn from the Texas Revolution covered in strange scrimshaw symbols. These point to frontiersman and Alamo defender Jim Bowie. 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The hunters are Ben Prescott, 18—the researcher, the mystic, the trailblazer; Porter Rockwell, 17—the man of action, the social glue; and Latch McRae, 17—the mechanic, the gear man, the straight-shooter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat was supposed to be a week of summer fun in San Antonio, Texas, for the hunters soon turns into a deep dive into forgotten American lore—and clues to a lost treasure!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt an auction house in San Antonio, they come across an antique powder horn from the Texas Revolution covered in strange symbols. These point to frontiersman and Alamo defender Jim Bowie. Better yet, they may be a clue to a hoard of treasure hidden by the infamous pirate Jean Lafitte.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpposing the hunters is a naysaying podcast host, a descendant of General Santa Ana and a hater of all things Texan. Cos is determined to make sure people despise the heroes of the Alamo as much as he does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery clue draws the hunters deeper into a maze of swashbuckling secrets and Lone Star legends, where the past isn’t past and the stakes are pure gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook 3 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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781959403845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The mystery and the adventure were a lot of fun, but for my money, the best parts were the historical discussions and tidbits sprinkled throughout the book. . . . It’s good. It’s clean. It’s fun. . . . Our heroes are solving a mystery downstream of those facts, and they have to stick to them if they’re going to find the treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Andrew M. Dare wants to renew popular culture by directly renewing its seedbed, literature, with stories that will inspire young men to prepare their minds, souls, talents, and imaginations to dream big and achieve big. That’s why he has written a new series of novels for teenage boys who crave adventure and knowledge, learning technical skills and unraveling historical mysteries. Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . [The reader gets] a mixture of educational stuff with action, mystery, a little romance (that angle is handled quite well), and a little humor.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—James Reasoner, Rough Edges\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“American Treasure Hunters continues to deliver exactly what it promised in Book 1: competent, ambitious young men having old-fashioned adventures while learning real American history. . . . It’s Hardy Boys with modern tech, surfing, football, and podcasts, aimed squarely at boys who want to read about other boys doing cool, heroic stuff.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew M. Dare\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the American Treasure Hunters series. 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It’s good. It’s clean. It’s fun. . . . Our heroes are solving a mystery downstream of those facts, and they have to stick to them if they’re going to find the treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Andrew M. Dare wants to renew popular culture by directly renewing its seedbed, literature, with stories that will inspire young men to prepare their minds, souls, talents, and imaginations to dream big and achieve big. That’s why he has written a new series of novels for teenage boys who crave adventure and knowledge, learning technical skills and unraveling historical mysteries. Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . 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Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . 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It’s Hardy Boys with modern tech, surfing, football, and podcasts, aimed squarely at boys who want to read about other boys doing cool, heroic stuff.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew M. Dare\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the American Treasure Hunters series. He's an adventurer and world traveler who has climbed in Nepal, surfed the Shipstern boomers of Australia, and sailed the Roaring Forties solo from Fremantle to Patagonia. Dare is a native of North Carolina, where he runs an Outer Banks kite shop and lives in a historic cabin in the dunes near Nags Head with his dog, Gulliver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e","brand":"Ark Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53394933219617,"sku":"ARK-0381-HC","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/1550\/0321\/files\/missing-u-boat-enigma-passage-style-hardcover-990_d41446c0-daec-45ca-94b6-4c508dbe2234.png?v=1787824911"},{"product_id":"the-secret-of-the-silver-cavern-by-andrew-m-dare","title":"The Secret of the Silver Cavern by Andrew M. 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Ben is a home-schooled thinker and visionary, Porter is the starting quarterback for the Ridgeport Raiders, and Latch is the gear-man, who never saw a machine he couldn’t take apart and set to purring. Different, yes, but the three have been friends forever with a shared passion: treasure hunting for the forgotten loot of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the hunters’ senior trip to a famous Ozark Mountains theme park leads them to an eccentric collector with an old silver dollar and a mysterious cave journal, Ben, Porter, and Latch find themselves pulled into a legend buried beneath the rides. Somewhere deep in a vast cavern, the truth behind the lost Yocum silver may still be waiting—if the story is not just another Ozark tall tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut they are not the only ones on the hunt. As bad guys close in, Ben, Porter, and Latch must follow the clues left behind by a long-dead cave surveyor before the mountain itself seals them inside forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798901160411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 3, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eReviews and Endorsements \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“The mystery and the adventure were a lot of fun, but for my money, the best parts were the historical discussions and tidbits sprinkled throughout the book. . . . It’s good. It’s clean. It’s fun. . . . Our heroes are solving a mystery downstream of those facts, and they have to stick to them if they’re going to find the treasure.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“Andrew M. Dare wants to renew popular culture by directly renewing its seedbed, literature, with stories that will inspire young men to prepare their minds, souls, talents, and imaginations to dream big and achieve big. That’s why he has written a new series of novels for teenage boys who crave adventure and knowledge, learning technical skills and unraveling historical mysteries. Call them Hardy Boys for the Twenty-First Century.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—RealClearBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; padding-left: 14px; border-left: 2px solid #b94b42; display: block; width: 100%; color: rgba(255,255,255,0.86); column-count: 1;\"\u003e“If I’d read it when I was 13 years old, I would have thought it’s one of the greatest books ever written. . . . Ben, Porter, and Latch are fine protagonists, and the story moves along at a fast pace through a well-constructed historical mystery. . . . 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It’s Hardy Boys with modern tech, surfing, football, and podcasts, aimed squarely at boys who want to read about other boys doing cool, heroic stuff.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Upstream Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.28);\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"cursor: pointer; padding: 16px 2px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;\"\u003eAbout the Author \u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1;\"\u003e⌄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"padding: 0 2px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew M. Dare\u003c\/strong\u003e is the creator of the American Treasure Hunters series. 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