Life and Adventures of the Celebrated Bandit Joaquin Murrieta: His Exploits in the State of California (Recovering the U.s. Hispanic Literary Heritage) - Softcover

Paz, Ireneo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558852778 ISBN 13: 9781558852778

Publisher: Arte Publico Press, 2002

Synopsis

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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Language Notes:

Text: English
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1558852778
• ISBN 13: 9781558852778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256