Understanding the Content of American Treasure Hunters

The Series

• ATH combines real historical mysteries with imaginative adventures of treasure hunting.
• A clean-burning, teen-friendly adventure series that treats American history like the treasure map it is.
• Fires the imagination without belittling American heritage.

The Stories

• These are mystery adventures, not sociological tracts.
• Entries avoid drug or alcohol references. 
• No ideological gender talk or discussion of “teen sexuality” to contend with.
• Our heroes have traditional relationships with their girlfriends that only involve dating and kissing. 

The Characters

• High school seniors Ben Prescott, Porter Rockwell, and Latch McRae search for treasure that American history leaves behind.
• 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. 
• The three are drawn together by a shared passion: treasure hunting for the forgotten loot of American history. 
• Our heroes are opposed by bad guys after the treasure, some driven by greed, others by the desire to wipe out American heritage forever.
• Our heroes are dedicated religious believers in an easygoing, non-preachy way. Ben is Southern Baptist, Porter is LDS, and Latch is Catholic. 

The Milieu

• The hunters’ home base is the fictional town of Ridgeport, North Carolina, a town near the Outer Banks and filled with sea and pirate lore. 
• The hunters also travel to destinations across America in search of loot and history. (ATH 2 takes place in Boston, for example, and ATH 3 in San Antonio, Texas.)