A recovered 19th-century novel focused on the Alamar and the Darrell families. The former are Californios whose lands and way of life are threatened when squatters settle in the Alamar ranch. The latter are the leading squatter family, even though the family's eldest son, Clarence, secretly pays for the land in which they settle. The novel has been celebrated as a forerunner of contemporary protest literature, and as a feminist text. In English.

Novela decimonónica, reeditada en la década de 1990 con gran éxito crítico. Se ocupa de las familias Alamar y Darrell. Los Alamar son Californios, grandes propietarios de tierra, cuyo modo de vida y riqueza se ven amenazados por la llegada de los "squatters" que se asientan en su rancho con el beneplácito de las autoridades. Los Darrell son la principal familia de colonos. La novela ha sido celebrada tanto por su denuncia de los abusos del gobierno y de los grandes monopolios como por ser una temprana obra de orientación feminista. En inglés.

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