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  • The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit

    "The first national bestseller ever to be written by a San Franciscan." -San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 15, 1981"We think it is doubtful that Joaquin can be taken...they have got a stronghold in the chapparal, whence they can commit great destruction." - NY Times, March 29, 1853"Captain Harry Love met with the notorious murderer and robber Joaquin, and six of his equally infamous band, at Panocha ... Read more

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  • The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta

    The Celebrated California Bandit

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  • The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta

    First published in 1854, “The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta” is the thrilling Gold Rush tale of a wild outlaw by Cherokee author John Rollin Ridge. Originally written under his Cherokee name Yellow Bird, Ridge’s embellished story of real-life Mexican bandit Joaquín Murieta was instantly popular and soon translated into several languages. Ridge tells the story of Joaquín as a young and ... Read more

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  • The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit

    "The first national bestseller ever to be written by a San Franciscan." -San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 15, 1981"We think it is doubtful that Joaquin can be taken...they have got a stronghold in the chapparal, whence they can commit great destruction." - NY Times, March 29, 1853"Captain Harry Love met with the notorious murderer and robber Joaquin, and six of his equally infamous band, at Panocha ... Read more

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  • Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta

    Celebrated California Bandit

    Series series The Western Frontier Library Series
    In 1854, a Cherokee Indian called Yellow Bird (better known as John Rollin Ridge) launched in this book the myth of Joaquin Murieta, based on the California criminal career of a 19th century Mexican bandit. Today this folk hero has been written into state histories, sensationalized in books, poems, and articles throughout America, Spain, France, Chile, and Mexico, and made into a motion picture ... Read more

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