John Rollin Ridge
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First published in 1854, "The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta" is the thrilling Gold Rush tale of a wild outlaw by Cherokee author John Rollin Ridge. Originally written under his Cherokee name Yellow Bird, Ridge's embellished story of real-life Mexican bandit Joaquín Murieta was instantly popular and soon translated into several languages. Ridge tells the story of Joaquín as a young and idealistic man who moves to California from Mexico...
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"The first national bestseller ever to be written by a San Franciscan." -San Francisco Examiner, Sept. 15, 1981
"We think it is doubtful that Joaquin can be taken...they have got a stronghold in the chapparal, whence they can commit great destruction." - NY Times, March 29, 1853
"Captain Harry Love met with the notorious murderer and robber Joaquin, and six of his equally infamous band, at Panocha Pass... a desperate running fight." - The Brooklyn...
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The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta (1854) is a novel by John Rollin Ridge. Published under his birth name Yellow Bird, from Cheesquatalawny in Cherokee, The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta was the first novel from a Native American author. Despite its popular success worldwide-the novel was translated into French and Spanish-Ridge's work was a financial failure due to bootleg copies and widespread plagiarism. Recognized today as a groundbreaking...
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Graphic classics volume 24
Publisher
Eureka Productions
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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Eighteen stories and poems by Native American authors.