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BL
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1022836
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b777206
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Burns, Walter Noble.
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| Title & Author
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado : : the saga of Joaquín Murrieta, famous outlaw of California's age of gold /\ Walter Noble Burns.
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| Edition Statement
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University of New Mexico Press pbk. ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Albuquerque, N.M. :: University of New Mexico Press,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Historians of the frontier and American West
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1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages).
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| ISBN
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0585188440
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: 9780585188447
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0826321550
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9780826321558
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| Notes
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"Published in cooperation with the University of New Mexico Center for the American West."
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| Abstract
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First published in 1932 and never reprinted since, this historical drama re-creates the life and adventures of Joaquin Murrieta, a Hispanic social rebel in California during the tumultuous Gold Rush. Published during the Great Depression at a time of mass deportations of Hispanos to Mexico, this sympathetic portrait of Murrieta and Mexican Americans was unique for its time in voicing social protest. The author romanticizes the pastoral society of Mexican California and introduces the protagonist as a quiet, honest, and unpretentious resident of Saw Mill Flat, California. But the rape and murder of his wife, Rosita, by racist Anglo miners unleashes his vengeful rage. Strapping on his pistols, Murrieta tracks and kills Rosita's murderers and defends Hispanos against violence and dispossession by rampaging gold rush miners. Richard Griswold del Castillo discusses the significance of Murrieta to twentieth-century Mexican Americans and Chicanos, and of Burns's History to contemporary understanding of the mysterious social bandit. -- provided by publisher.
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Murieta, Joaquín,-1853.
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Murieta, Joaquín,-1853.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- California.
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Mexicans-- California, Biography.
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Outlaws-- California, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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Mexicans.
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Outlaws.
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Regions Countries - Americas.
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United States Local History.
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California, History, 1850-1950.
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California.
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| Dewey Classification
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979.4/04/092B
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| LC Classification
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F865.M96B87 1999eb
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| Added Entry
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University of New Mexico., Center for the American West.
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