{"product_id":"bring-me-the-head-of-joaquin-murrieta-the-bandit-chief-who-terrorized-california-and-launched-the-legend-of-zorro-original","title":"Bring Me the Head of Joaquin Murrieta: The Bandit Chief Who Terrorized California and Launched the Legend of Zorro (Original)","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author and award-winning historian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Boessenecker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eas seen on Netflix’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWyatt Earp and the Cowboy War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003edebunks over 150 years of myth surrounding the Wild West’s most notorious Latino bandit, Joaquin Murrieta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story of Joaquin Murietta is the stuff of legends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein the face of adversity, the Latino outlaw embarked on a noble career as a rebel, fighting against injustice. He later became popularly known as \"El Patrio\" (the Patriot) and the \"Robin Hood of El Dorado.\" However, though Joaquin Murietta remains a folk hero to many, his checkered past has been hidden behind layers upon layers of myth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003euntil now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Joaquin arrived in the gold mines in 1849, and his brother-in-law, Claudio Feliz, turned to crime, driven by far more sinister ambitions than righteousness. By the following year, Claudio Feliz and Joaquin Murrieta ruled over one of the biggest and bloodiest outlaw gangs of the Old West. Despite Murrieta’s grisly death, members of his gang continued to raid and kill for more than twenty years thereafter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBring Me the Head of Joaquin Murrieta \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etells the infamous story of Joaquin’s life, his bloody career and his gruesome fate. With careful research and never-before-told stories of the violent trail Murrieta and his gang left in their wake, award-winning author and definitive Wild West historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in this gripping portrait of the California Gold Rush era, for readers of Tom Clavin and H. W. Brands.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50223969796381,"sku":"9781335007032","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781335007032.jpg?v=1754333085","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/bring-me-the-head-of-joaquin-murrieta-the-bandit-chief-who-terrorized-california-and-launched-the-legend-of-zorro-original","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}