THE ATHENAEUMThe Squatter and the DonMaría Amparo Ruiz de Burton
Returning Voices
The Squatter and the Don
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA Californio family near San Diego loses its land, cattle and patience to settlers who arrive with American law on their side, while a railway monopoly decides the town’s future. Ruiz de Burton published it in 1885 under the name C. Loyal. It is among the first novels written in English by a Mexican American.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 9 hr 10 min
- Where to find it
- On the Returning Voices shelves
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #35538. In the public domain in the United States.