The Squatter and the Don questions United States expansionism, as well as the rise of corporate monopolies and their power over government policy, all while successfully utilizing the favored nineteenth-century American literary genre to do so. This novel is a disquieting and challenging literary creation, all seen from the vantage point of very real characters who suffer individually, even while striving to embrace Anglo-American culture and the promises of American democracy.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction to The Squatter and the Don
- “The Maid of Monterey”: María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
- Historical Romance: “The conquered race” [176]
- Resentment and Resistance: “I slander no one, but shall speak the truth.” [364]
- Table of Contents
- The Squatter and the Don
- Chapter I. Squatter Darrell Reviews the Past
- Chapter II. The Don’s View of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Chapter III. Pre-Empting Under the Law
- Chapter IV. Efforts to Right the Wrong
- Chapter V. The Don in His Broad Acres
- Chapter VI. Naughty Dog Milord an Important Factor
- Chapter VII. From Alameda to San Diego
- Chapter VIII. Victoriano and His Sister
- Chapter IX. Clarence Is the Bearer of Joyful News
- Chapter X. But Clarence Must Not Be Encouraged
- Chapter XI. George Is a Christian Gentleman
- Chapter XII. Why the Appeal Was Not Dismissed
- Chapter XIII. At San Francisco
- Chapter XIV. Of Miscellaneous Incidents
- Chapter XV. Journeying Overland
- Chapter XVI. Spanish Land Grants Viewed Retrospectively
- Chapter XVII. Doña Josefa at Home
- Chapter XVIII. At Newport
- Chapter XIX. In New York
- Chapter XX. At the Capitol
- Chapter XXI. Looking at the Receding Dome
- Chapter XXII. Perplexities at Alamar
- Chapter XXIII. Home Again
- Chapter XXIV. The Brewers of Mischief
- Chapter XXV. The Squatter and the Don
- Chapter XXVI. Mrs. Darrell’s View of Our Land Laws
- Chapter XXVII. Darrell Astonishes Himself
- Chapter XXVIII. Shall It Be Forever?
- Chapter XXIX. Hasty Decisions Repented Leisurely
- Chapter XXX. Effect of Bad Precept and Worse Example
- Chapter XXXI. A Snow Storm
- Chapter XXXII. A False Friend Sent to Deceive the Southerners
- Chapter XXXIII. San Diego’s Sentence Is Irrevocable
- Chapter XXXIV. The Sins of Our Legislators!
- Chapter XXXV. The Fashion of Justice in San Diego
- Chapter XXXVI. Clarence and George with the Hod Carrier
- Chapter XXXVII. Reunited at Last
- Chapter XXXVIII. Out with the Invader
- Conclusion. Out with the Invader
- Notes to the Introduction
- Notes
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