Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California; or, The Marauder of the Mines: a Roman…


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Joaquin Murrieta was a famous Californio bandit, known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado".

Joaquin Murrieta was the son of worthy parents, and nothing in his early youth betokened any traits of the monster which he afterwards became. . . . In the following pages every trace of his blood-stained footsteps is closely followed. Some of the facts are furnished by contemporary witnesses; most of them by official documents. He proceeded from step to step, wading deeper and deeper into crime, until quiet citizens were almost afraid to breathe his name aloud.

In addition to this being a faithful narration of the fearful deeds of Joaquin, incidentally the work gives a faithful delineation of "life in the diggings" in the early days of California, when almost every nugget of gold was blood-spotted ere rude Justice bared her death-dealing arm.

Murrieta is believed to have inspired the fictional character of Zorro by Johnston McCulley. You may judge for yourself how much of the account here is truthful and how much is sensationalized. - Summary by TriciaG & from the Synopsis (10 hr 37 min)

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Synopsis 5:12 Read by Availle
Chapter 1 25:46 Read by StephenC
Chapter 2 20:06 Read by Katharina21
Chapter 3 22:45 Read by Steven Seitel
Chapter 4 13:41 Read by Steven Seitel
Chapter 5 14:22 Read by Steven Seitel
Chapter 6 39:33 Read by snash
Chapter 7 14:28 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 8 23:52 Read by SampsonSpeaks
Chapter 9 14:51 Read by SampsonSpeaks
Chapter 10 14:36 Read by SampsonSpeaks
Chapter 11 22:50 Read by ToddHW
Chapter 12 11:20 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 13 9:58 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 14 9:10 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 15 32:32 Read by snash
Chapter 16 37:26 Read by snash
Chapter 17 10:38 Read by Rita Boutros
Chapter 18 16:04 Read by Rita Boutros
Chapter 19 12:00 Read by Rita Boutros
Chapter 20 9:08 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 21 9:09 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 22 17:07 Read by Derek Trial
Chapter 23 9:04 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 24 Part 1 51:40 Read by William Allan Jones
Chapter 24 Part 2 24:42 Read by William Allan Jones
Chapter 25 18:15 Read by snash
Chapter 26 11:27 Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Chapter 27 12:14 Read by Kerry Adams
Chapter 28 49:44 Read by TriciaG
Chapter 29 44:09 Read by TriciaG
Chapter 30 9:13 Read by ToddHW