The Treasure of Pearls

Set in the wild landscapes of the American frontier and Mexico, this adventure follows the hunt for a fabled treasure amid Indians, trappers, bandits, and gold-seekers. Aimard, who lived among the peoples of the West he wrote about, fills the tale with action, danger, and vivid local color. Enormously popular across nineteenth-century Europe, his frontier romances did for French readers what Fenimore Cooper did for Americans. Fast-paced and colorful, The Treasure of Pearls is a rousing example of the early Western adventure that shaped the genre’s enduring appeal.