The Robin Hood of El Dorado : the saga of Joaquín Murrieta, famous outlaw of California's age of gold / Walter Noble Burns.

University of New Mexico Press pbk. ed.

0585188440 (electronic bk.)
9780585188447 (electronic bk.)
0826321550 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780826321558 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, 1999.

English

English.

1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)

F865.M96 B87 1999eb

(OCoLC)44959782

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.

"Published in cooperation with the University of New Mexico Center for the American West."

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Print version: Burns, Walter Noble. Robin Hood of El Dorado. University of New Mexico Press pbk. ed. Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, 1999

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