New York, Julian Messner Inc., 1st, 1948, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardbound in a damaged dust jacket. Previous owner's signature back of front endpaper. Soiling to endpapers, covers. Waterstains to covers. Spine wear. Dust jacket with large chunk missing from top of spine and back cover. Pinto Goodluck, a little Indian boy, lived with his mother, his grandfather and his burro, Ambrosio. His grandfather made beautiful jewelry from silver and turquoise. Then the Great War came and all the young men went away and the turquoise mines were closed. Grandfather knew of a secret mine but it was a long way off and the journey was full of danger. How Pinto found the secret mine and brought home the turquoise is an absorbing adventure story beautifully illustrated in b/w and color by Bronson.