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The Master ofMonterey WESTERN LITERATURE SERIES [18.190.156.212] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:20 GMT) ~ The Master of Monterey ~ a novel by Lawrence Coates UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA PRESS Reno & Las Vegas Western Literature Series University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 USA Copyright Cl 2003 by Lawrence Coates All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Design by Barbara Jellow Library of Congress cataloging-in-Publication Data Coates, Lawrence, 1956The master of Monterey: a novel/by Lawrence Coates. ISBN 0-87417-i29-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Jones, Thomas Ap Catesby, 179O-18i8-Fiction. 2. United States. Navy-Officers-Fiction. 3. AmericansMexico -Fiction. 4. Monterey (Calif.)-Fiction. i. Ship captains-Fiction. I. Title. II. Series. pS3iBĀ·oli3 M37 2003 The paper used in this book meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI z/39.48-1984. Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. First Printing 12 II 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02. 5 3 4 2. I The first and second chapters of this novel originally appeared in The journal, a publication of Ohio State University, in a slightly different form. [18.190.156.212] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:20 GMT) For Kimberly +> ""~- [18.190.156.212] Project MUSE (2024-04-17 20:20 GMT) In 1842, Commodore T. ap Catesby Jones, u.s. Navy, under the mistaken belief that war had been declared against Mexico, seized the port but withdrew after three days. -Monument at Monterey State Historical Park California seems to me an illegitimate child, an illustration to a fairy tale about Johnny the Fool, or one of the tricks history plays constantly in order to mark the distance between the way it works and our ideas about it. -Czeslaw Milosz, Visions from San Francisco Bay ...