Gift of the mountains
By: Ester Wier ; illustrated by Richard W. Lewis
Contributors: Lewis, Richard W.; David McKay Company
Edition: Book Club ed.
Publisher: David McKay Co.
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Plains; Juvenile fiction; Superstition; Gold; Mountains
Description: When Indito, a young boy living on the dusty Mexican plains, discovers a bag of a gold pieces on the mountain his family and village regard as evil, things begin to go wrong leading him to doubt the value of his find until a series of events and a surprising gift prove the gold pieces truly to be a gift of the mountain.
Notes: "This is a Junior Literary Guild selection, chosen as an outstanding book for boys and girls (A Group)" --Dust jacket.

Edition statement taken from dust jacket.