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With His Pistol in His Hand
- A Border Ballad and Its Hero
Engelsk Paperback
With His Pistol in His Hand
- A Border Ballad and Its Hero
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."Americo 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
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0292701284
Udg. Dato:
1 jan 1958
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of Texas Press
Oplagsdato:
1 jan 1958
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