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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A compelling, meticulous, treatise,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Searching for Joaquin: Myth, Murieta and History in California (Hardcover)
Searching For Joaquin: Myth, Murrieta, And History In California by Bruce Thornton (Professor of Classics and Humanities, and Chairman of the Foreign Language Department, California State University - Fresno) is a compelling biography and history of Joaquin Murrieta, one of the most notorious bandits of the Gold Rush era who was to meet his ultimate fate on a hot July dawn in 1853 in a gunfight which took place on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley (midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles). Long a figure of myth and legend, Searching For Joaquin is a compelling, meticulous, treatise that shows how myth and history can blend into exaggeration, romanticism, and ethnic pride. A work of superb scholarship, Searching For Joaquin is a highly recommended contribution to American Frontier History and Biography.
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Searching for Joaquin: Myth, Murieta and History in California by Bruce S. Thornton (Hardcover - February 1, 2003)
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