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First published in the United States of America by W. B. Cooke, San Francisco, 1854
This edition with an introduction and notes by Hsuan L. Hsu and a foreword by Diana Gabaldon published in Penguin Books 2018
Introduction and notes copyright © 2018 by Hsuan L. Hsu
Foreword copyright © 2018 by Diana Gabaldon
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Image here: W. C. Butler, “Death of Joaquín,” illustration reproduced from Unsigned, The Life of Joaquín Murieta, the Brigand Chief of California (California Police Gazette), p. 67. Courtesy of The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Ridge, John Rollin, 1827–1867, author. | Hsu, Hsuan L., 1976– editor. | Gabaldon, Diana, writer of foreword.
Title: The life and adventures of Joaquin Murieta : the celebrated California bandit / John Rollin Ridge ; edited with an introduction and notes by Hsuan L. Hsu ; foreword by Diana Gabaldon.
Description: New York : Penguin Books, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018013787 (print) | LCCN 2018016507 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525504580 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143132653 (print)
Subjects: LCSH: Murieta, Joaquâin, -1853—Fiction. | Frontier and pioneer life—Fiction. | Revolutionaries—Fiction. | Outlaws—Fiction. | California—Fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Western stories.
Classification: LCC PS2699.R75 (ebook) | LCC PS2699.R75 L54 2018 (print) | DDC 813/.4—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018013787
Cover art: Joaquin Murieta: The Vaquero, Charles Christian Nahl (1818–1878).
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