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The Life And Adventures Of Joaqu N Murieta
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-07-10
The Life And Adventures Of Joaqu N Murieta written by John Rollin Ridge and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-10 with Fiction categories.
The first novel to feature a Mexican American hero: an adventure tale about Mexicans rising up against U.S. rule in California, based on the real-life bandit who inspired the creation of Zorro, the Lone Ranger, and Batman With a new foreword by Diana Gabaldon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series An action-packed blend of folk tale, romance, epic, and myth, The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta tells the story of the Gold Rush-era Mexican immigrant Joaquín Murieta, whose efforts to find fortune and happiness are thwarted by white settlers who murder his family and drive him off his land. In retaliation, Murieta organizes a band of more than 2,000 outlaws--including the sadistic "Three-Fingered Jack"--who take revenge by murdering, stealing horses, and robbing miners, all with the ultimate goal of reconquering California. The first novel written by a Native American and the first novel published in California, The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta speaks to the ways in which ethical questions of national security and racialized police violence have long been a part of U.S. history. This edition features excerpts from popular rewritings of the novel, including Johnston McCulley's first novel about Zorro, The Curse of Capistrano (also known as The Mark of Zorro).
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
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Release Date : 1874
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
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Release Date : 2023
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
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Release Date : 1955
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The Life And Adventures Of Joaquin Murieta The Celebrated California Bandit 1854
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
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Release Date : 2020-12-19
The Life And Adventures Of Joaquin Murieta The Celebrated California Bandit 1854 written by John Rollin Ridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-19 with categories.
"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 Pass... a desperate running fight." - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug. 24, 1853 "Packed with melodrama, bravado, daring escapes, and graphic violence." -The Paris Review A young, innocent and industrious man who is hampered in his attempts to be successful in the United States by acts of cruelty and injustice becomes a bandit who attracts a large number of associates and terrifies the state of California for several months and nearly puts in action a plot for a Mexican invasion of California. Such is the story told by Gold Rush era Cherokee author John Rollin Ridge in his 1854 book "The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta, the Celebrated California Bandit." Regarding the authenticity of his book, Ridge writes: "I have taken very extraordinary pains in collecting and sifting the facts and the reader may rely upon the account given in these chapters as absolutely correct in every particular." Famous American historian Herbert Howe Bancroft apparently believed in the authenticity of Ridge's accounts and would use Ridge's book as a primary source in his history of California. In his book, Ridge---himself a California Gold Rush miner---traces the harrowing life of Joaquin Murrieta (1829 -1853), the Robin Hood of El Dorado, who was a Sonoran forty-niner, vaquero and gold miner who became a famous outlaw in California during the California Gold Rush of the 1850s. The life story details Murrieta's evolution from a young Mexican migrant into a legendary outlaw and insurrectionist. Murieta as a young man arrives in California "fired with enthusiastic admiration of the American character." However, upon obtaining success in the gold fields of California, his American dream collapses when white men jump his claim, assault his wife, requisition his farm, kill his brother, and falsely accuse and publicly whip him. After making attempts to live an honest life as American, in the face of anti-Mexican discrimination, Murieta becomes outlaw and eventually an insurrectionist who plotted and nearly set into motion a plan to take over California with forces from Mexico. Due to the actions of Murieta's gang, in many agricultural districts both mining and agricultural pursuits were in a measure suspended. Travel became absolutely dangerous in the most open highways, and communication had well-nigh ceased between important points. American owners of ranches were impoverished in a night by having every hoof of their stock driven into the mountains, and afterward into Sonora. The condition of things soon became intolerable, and a petition, numerously signed, was presented to the Legislature praying that body to authorize Captain Harry Love to organize a company of Mounted Rangers, in order to capture, or drive out of the country, or exterminate the gang of bandits. ---Thus was the scene set in Ridge's final chapter for a grand finale showdown between the outlaw gang and the newly minted California Rangers. In the end, Ridge concludes that "that there is nothing so dangerous in its consequences as injustice to individuals, whether it arise from prejudice of color or any other source; that a wrong done to one man is a wrong to society and to the world." John Rollin Ridge (Cherokee name Yellow Bird) (1827 -1867), was a member of the Cherokee Nation, and is one of the first famous Native American authors.
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaqu N Murrieta
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Author : Ireneo Paz
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 1999-11-30
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaqu N Murrieta written by Ireneo Paz and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here, in its original English translation, is the dime-novelesque biography of one of the most infamous bandits in the history of the Old West, for decades a source of fear and legend in the state of California. To Mexicans and Indians, however, Joaquin Murrieta became a symbol of resistance to the displacement and oppression visited on them in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), particularly by the "'Forty-Niners" who flooded into California from all over the world during the Gold Rush. In his introduction, literary critic Luis Leal has researched and written the first definitive history of the Murrieta legend in its various incarnations. Ireneo Paz's Spanish-language biography was first published in Mexico City in 1904; it was translated into English by Frances P. Belle in 1925. This edition includes several line-drawings that appeared in the original volume, heightening the strong sense evoked here of this turbulent period in U. S. history.
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta
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Author : Ireneo Paz
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 2001
Life And Adventures Of The Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta written by Ireneo Paz and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here, in its original English translation, is the dime-novelesque biography of one of the most infamous bandits in the history of the Old West, for decades a source of fear and legend in the state of California. To Mexicans and Indians, however, Joaquin Murrieta became a symbol of resistance to the displacement and oppression visited on them in the wake of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), particularly by the 'Forty-Niners who flooded into California from all over the world during the Gold Rush. In his introduction, literary critic Luis Leal has researched and written the first definitive history of the Murrieta legend in its various incarnations. Ireneo Paz's Spanish-language biography was first published in Mexico City in 1904; it was translated into English by Frances P. Belle in 1925. This edition includes several line-drawings that appeared in the original volume, heightening the strong sense evoked here of this turbulent period in U. S. history.
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Author : John Rollin Ridge
language : en
Publisher: Digireads.com
Release Date : 2020-09-21
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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 idealistic man who moves to California from Mexico with his family in search of gold and is quickly shown the cruel and violently racist side of American culture. With his wife attacked, his farm stolen, and his brother murdered, Joaquín vows revenge on the racist mob and becomes a violent outlaw with a large following of loyal bandits. Joaquín and his gang reach a near mythic status until the community and Legislature organized to create the California Rangers bring the outlaws to justice. Eloquent, brutal, and engrossing, Ridge's novel is notable for being the first by a Native American as well as one of the first novels set in California. It also inspired countless imitations and legends and endures as a great American story of injustice and revenge. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
The Robin Hood Of El Dorado
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Author : Walter Noble Burns
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 1999
The Robin Hood Of El Dorado written by Walter Noble Burns and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This historical drama re-creates the life and adventures of Joaquin Murrieta, a Hispanic social rebel in California during the tumultuous Gold Rush.
The Quaker City Or The Monks Of Monk Hall
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Author : George Lippard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
The Quaker City Or The Monks Of Monk Hall written by George Lippard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with City and town life categories.