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With His Pistol in His Hand

- A Border Ballad and Its Hero
Af: Americo Paredes Engelsk Paperback

With His Pistol in His Hand

- A Border Ballad and Its Hero
Af: Americo Paredes Engelsk Paperback
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Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed away at each other after a misunderstanding. The sheriff was killed and Gregorio fled immediately, realizing that in practice there was one law for Anglo-Texans, another for Texas-Mexicans. The chase, capture, and imprisonment of Cortez are high drama that cannot easily be forgotten. Even today, in the cantinas along both sides of the Rio Grande, Mexicans sing the praises of the great "sheriff-killer" in the ballad which they call "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez."

Américo Paredes tells the story of Cortez, the man and the legend, in vivid, fascinating detail in "With His Pistol in His Hand," which also presents a unique study of a ballad in the making. Deftly woven into the story are interpretations of the Border country, its history, its people, and their folkways.

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Gregorio Cortez Lira, a ranchhand of Mexican parentage, was virtually unknown until one summer day in 1901 when he and a Texas sheriff, pistols in hand, blazed away at each other after a misunderstanding. The sheriff was killed and Gregorio fled immediately, realizing that in practice there was one law for Anglo-Texans, another for Texas-Mexicans. The chase, capture, and imprisonment of Cortez are high drama that cannot easily be forgotten. Even today, in the cantinas along both sides of the Rio Grande, Mexicans sing the praises of the great "sheriff-killer" in the ballad which they call "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez."

Américo Paredes tells the story of Cortez, the man and the legend, in vivid, fascinating detail in "With His Pistol in His Hand," which also presents a unique study of a ballad in the making. Deftly woven into the story are interpretations of the Border country, its history, its people, and their folkways.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 276
ISBN-13: 9780292701281
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0292701284
Kategori: Social- & Kulturhistorie
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 1958
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Texas Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 1958
Forfatter(e): Americo Paredes
Forfatter(e) Americo Paredes

Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie

ISBN-13 9780292701281

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 276

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 1958

Oplagsdato 1 jan 1958

Forlag University of Texas Press

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