The Joaquín Band. The History Behind the Legend
first edition
2011 · Lincoln
by Wilson, Lori Lee
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011 First edition. Pp. xiv, 322. Illustrated with 33 portraits, early engravings, facsimiles. 3 maps. Appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The US-Mexican War and the subsequent discovery of gold in California was the beginning of clashes between Mexicans and Americans. Outlaws popped up, the most famous of whom was Joaquin Murrieta. He and his band of thugs became quite legendary. The author also discovered unrecognized cultural and political forces that shaped the Joaquin band legend. A fascinating but scholarly examination of the role of the Joaquin band legend in California and Chicano history.. (Inventory #: 8368)