Who-Why-What-When-Where and How

Who, Why, What, Where, When and How are the basics of writing - readers want each answered throughout a story, otherwise the story is difficult to follow. The story can be fiction or non-fiction, the elements are the same where it's a mystery novel or a newspaper article.

As we read The Thrill of the Chase, we learn the "who" (Fenn), the "what" (hidden treasure), "when" (79 or 80 years old, or 2009-2010), and perhaps some "why" (he was going to die and wanted to take it with him, on his own terms).  Fenn does tell us though that he tells the truth, but not all the truth.

What the story told in the book lacks is the "where" and the "how" and the fully truthful "why" (which you'll understand why I say that when you solve it).

It seems many search diligently for the "where" but not so much on the "how" in the poem.  IMO, the "why" in the poem becomes self-evident as you solve it, so you don't have to specifically look to figure that out, just understand it when it does come to light as you solve the where and how.