About

W.C. Jameson

W.C. Jameson is the award-winning author of more than 100 books, 1500 articles and essays, 380 songs, and dozens of published poems. He is the creator and author of the best-selling "Beyond the Grave" series including books on Billy the Kid, John Wilkes Booth, Butch Cassidy, and Amelia Earhart. His Buried Treasures of America series numbers thirty-six books and counting. Jameson is the best selling treasure author in the United States and his prominence as a professional fortune hunter has led to stints as a consultant for the Unsolved Mysteries television show, the Travel Channel, and a number of other television projects. He served as an advisor for the film National Treasure starring Nicolas Cage and appears in an interview on the DVD. His book, Treasure Hunter: Caches, Curses, and Deadly Confrontations, was named Best Book of the Year (2011) by Indie Reader. He recently appeared in the documentary The Desert’s Lost River of Gold, and has been interviewed on The History Channel, The Travel Channel, PBS, and Nightline. Recently, he has been featured on the program Gunslingers on the American Heroes Channel, and on the series Legends and Lies on Fox News. 

Jameson has recorded eight critically acclaimed CDs of original music. In 1999 he was named Songwriter of the Year by the Texas Folk Music Guild. He has written the sound tracks for five feature films and two PBS documentaries, his music has been heard on NPR, and he wrote and performed in the musical, “Whatever Happened to the Outlaw, Jesse James?” Jameson has also appeared as an actor in five films.

When not working on a book or involved in a treasure recovery operation, W. C. Jameson tours the country as a speaker, conducting writing and poetry workshops, and performing his music at folk festivals, concert halls, roadhouses, and on television.

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