num_pages: 288
description: When Commodore Jones and the crew of the National Intention land in Monterey believing themselves to be bringing freedom and democracy to the benighted Californios, they discover that history has preceded them, that cruelty, betrayal, greed, and lust are already well established there, and that far from existing outside of history, California is a battleground for several contending versions of the past. They also find that their own limitations and illusions are far more powerful than the message of hope that they intend to deliver.The Master of Monterey is filled with heartbreaking irony and raucous energy, the story of the men who claimed the West and who, far from creating history, found themselves trapped within it.
language: English
title: The Master Of Monterey
titlecomplete: The Master Of Monterey
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 28
publisher: University of Nevada Press