Name: Marriage, Murder, and Betrayal in Nineteenth-Century California (en Inglés)
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Author: Haraf, Jo M.
ISBN: 9781634993470

portada Marriage, Murder, and Betrayal in Nineteenth-Century California (en Inglés)

Marriage, Murder, and Betrayal in Nineteenth-Century California (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Jo M. Haraf

Editorial

America Through Time

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.6 x 16.5 x 1.0 cm

Peso

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781634993470

Categorías

Ee. uu. región del oeste
Crímenes y delitos reales: asesinos y homicidas en serie
Historia de américa
Historia local

Marriage, Murder, and Betrayal in Nineteenth-Century California (en Inglés)

Jo M. Haraf (Autor) · America Through Time · Tapa Blanda

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In 1832, the captain of the brigantine Catalina ordered Scotsman James Black, dying of typhus, abandoned at Monterey, California. Nursed by J. B. R. Cooper's wife, Black survived to hunt the last of California's sea otters, defend San Francisco from invading Russians under General Vallejo, and drive cattle to feed gold rush miners.Black's ranching and dairy empire, founded on a single Mexican land grant, ultimately encompassed 20,000 Marin County acres. Black, his wife, and daughter enjoyed the privileges of the landed gentry until January 1864 when his cherished wife died in their son-in-law's dental chair. An obsessive resentment, excesses of whisky, and a scheming second wife consumed Black's bereavement.Augustina learned after her father's death that she had been written out of his will. For four years and across two counties, she fought her stepmother for a fair portion of her father's $15,000,000 estate. After multiple notorious trials, Augustina gained a partial victory¬--but would she receive the land and gold the jury awarded her?