Bagdad by James Herrington

"Bagdad" is a story of fiction about the quest for lost treasure in the notorious Mexican village of Bagdad, located at the confluence of the Rio Grande river and the Gulf of Mexico.

The story covers two periods of time; the final months of the war between the states, and the present.

The adventure begins with the primary character, Joe King, a pilot and recent archeology graduate flying his plane from Wyoming to his home in south Texas. He plans to take a short vacation prior to reporting to his first graduate assignment at an archeological dig in Mexico.

Before reporting to the dig, Joe wants to followup on a tale of lost treasure shared by a longtime friend and professor of history, Juan Garza.

The story involves a cache of gold and silver coins intended as partial payment to an arms dealer representing the Confederate Army at Ft. Brown, a few miles up-river from...