Monterey in the 1840s: horse races watched by Governor Pio Pico in black velvet and jewels, proud dons, convent-bred daughters, vaqueros and the first Americans drifting in. These linked tales of love, honour, pearls and feuds capture the Californio world of ranchos and missions in its final easy years.
A revised and enlarged edition of Before the Gringo Came, and a vivid portrait of a vanished society. Download the free EPUB.
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