All his life, Benjamin Franklin Gates, third generation treasure hunter, has been searching for a treasure no one
believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the
world has ever known. Hidden by the United States of America's Founding Fathers, they left clues to the
treasure's location right before our eyes... from America's birthplace, to the nation's capitol, to clues buried
within the symbols on the U.S. dollar bill. Gates' lifelong journey leads him to the last place anyone thought to
look: a map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence. But what he thought was the final clue is
only the beginning. Gates realizes in order to protect the world's greatest treasure, he must now do the
unthinkable: steal the most revered, best guarded document in American history before it falls into the wrong
hands. In a race against time, Gates must elude the authorities, stay one step ahead of his ruthless ...(more)
All his life, Benjamin Franklin Gates, third generation treasure hunter, has been searching for a treasure no one
believed existed: amassed through the ages, moved across continents, to become the greatest treasure the
world has ever known. Hidden by the United States of America's Founding Fathers, they left clues to the
treasure's location right before our eyes... from America's birthplace, to the nation's capitol, to clues buried
within the symbols on the U.S. dollar bill. Gates' lifelong journey leads him to the last place anyone thought to
look: a map hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence. But what he thought was the final clue is
only the beginning. Gates realizes in order to protect the world's greatest treasure, he must now do the
unthinkable: steal the most revered, best guarded document in American history before it falls into the wrong
hands. In a race against time, Gates must elude the authorities, stay one step ahead of his ruthless adversary,
decipher the remaining clues and unlock the 2000-year-old mystery behind America's greatest national treasure. (less)