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(0)Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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The Californians, was Gertrude Atherton's first novel in the post-Spanish era. Critics of the era said it "was by far more convincing and attractive in delineating California manners and morals. . . . The novel fairly establishes her claim to be considered as one of the most vivid and entertaining interpreters of the complex characters of emancipated American womanhood."
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Upon the remarks of friend Kate Field, on California writers' neglect of the picturesque and romantic old Spanish life of the state, Atherton explored the history and culture of Spanish California in Monterey, San Juan Bautista, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara. From these experiences came Before the Gringo Came (1894) later expanded into this current title of The Splendid Idle Forties.