Title: The Mercer Boys (#3) on a Treasure Hunt
First published: 1948
Description: Don and Jim Mercer are prepared to spend a dull vacation at home - until Prof. Scott invites them to search for Spanish gold buried treasure, in Southern California, where they soon found themselves surrounded by another (but ruthless) group of treasure hunters!

Albert Capwell Wyckoff was born on February 21, 1903, in New Jersey. His father, also named Albert Capwell Wyckoff, died when his son was young, an event that forced Capwell to go to work. He never finished high school, yet Capwell Wyckoff became a successful author of two and a half dozen children's novels.
Subjects: Mercer Boys, Summer vacation, Brothers, Excitement, Juvenile fiction, Military cadets, Search, Spanish gold, Treasure troves, Treasure hunt, Adventure, California, Thugs, Trouble, Friendship, Ruthless, Characters
Places: Southern California, USA
People: Spanish
Time periods: 1948
LC classification: PZ7.W97 Mei4