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Melvin Litton’s latest work, The Kansas Murder Trilogy, presents three novels of shared theme but separate time and character: King Harvest (1); Banks of the River (2); and Skin for Skin (3) – all published by Crossroad Press. He has three previous novels (also from Crossroad): Caspion & the White Buffalo; Geminga; and I Joaquin. His stories and poems have appeared in Chiron Review, Pif, Mobius, Foliate Oak, Floyd County Moonshine, Broadkill Review, and The Literary Hatchet among others. He has two books of poetry: From the Bone (Spartan Press), and Idylls of Being (Stubborn Mule); and a collection of short stories, Son of Eve (Spartan). He is a retired carpenter and lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife Debra and their shepherd Jack. Fo ...more

I, Joaquin

I, Joaquin by Melvin Litton

YouTube link: "Joaquin Murrieta" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13q0i... #music


Ballad of Joaquin -- M. Litton

I am Joaquin Murrieta, the bandit caballero
My life is a legend, I lived long ago
I rode from Sonora through old California
I raided her valleys for horses and gold
Then the Ranger Gringos, los diablos, rode from Sacramento
They said, “Hey! Bring us the head of Joaquin when he’s dead...”

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Caspion & the White Buffalo

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Banks of the River (Kansas ...

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Nine Lives of Sadie Briar

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King Harvest (The Kansas Mu...

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The Kansas Murder Trilogy

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I, Joaquin

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Idylls of Being

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Son of Eve & other Tales

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