Joaquin, the Claude Duval of California; or, The Marauder of the Mines: a Roman…
Henry L. Williams
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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)
Chapters
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 |