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Searching for Joaquin: Myth, Murieta and History in California
Searching for Joaquin Myth Murieta and History in California
Author: Bruce Thornton
On a hot July dawn in 1853, a gunfight took place on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. When the smoke cleared, Joaquin Murrieta, one of the most notorious bandits of the Gold Rush lay dead. Soon his severed head was traveling around the new state of California in a pickling jar. Murrieta ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781893554566
ISBN-10: 1893554562
Publication Date: 2/25/2003
Pages: 225
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Publisher: Encounter Books
Book Type: Hardcover
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