New Parker book strains credibility 30.11.1999 / Reviews AP - "L.A. Outlaws" (Dutton, 352 pages, $25.95), by T. Jefferson Parker: Suzanne Jones, an eighth-grade Los Angeles high school teacher, thinks she is a descendant of Joaquin Murrieta, a Robin Hood-like bandito who terrorized Anglos during the California Gold Rush. So, she assumes the name Allison Murrieta and goes into the family business.
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