The Blue Bandits

Charming children's story by this Southern California author - a group of children are fascinated by the legends surrounding Joaquin Murrietta, and so they form a "gang" - the blue bandits - based on his outlaw gang. Set in Stockton and uses the area very well - the tule fog, flooding and the attempts to strengthen the levees. Frontispiece in color annd numerous other illustrations throughout by Mable Pyne.