The Resource "With his pistol in his hand" : a border ballad and its hero, by Américo Paredes
"With his pistol in his hand" : a border ballad and its hero, by Américo Paredes
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- Summary
- Gregorio Cortez, 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 ways -- Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Label
- "With his pistol in his hand" : a border ballad and its hero
- Title
- "With his pistol in his hand"
- Title remainder
- a border ballad and its hero
- Statement of responsibility
- by Américo Paredes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Gregorio Cortez, 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 ways -- Back cover
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PQ7297.A1
- LC item number
- C63 1958
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- "With his pistol in his hand" : a border ballad and its hero, by Américo Paredes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-258) and index
- Control code
- 291971
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Lccn
- 58010853 /L/r852
- Note
-
- Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Gift of Wilson M. Hudson, 1986 (Access. No. 86-001). Label on front lining paper: Distributed by the Texas Folklore Society in lieu of an annual publication for 1958. With dust jacket.
- Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Second printing, 1975. Brown cloth binding. Gift of Dickie Heaberlin, 1989 (Access. No. 89-136). Signed by Rollo K. Newsom. With variant dust jacket: Illustration by Charles Shaw.
- Library's copy 4 (SW Writers): Purchased, 2005. Presentation inscription in ink on front free endpaper. With dust jacket.
- Library{u2019}s copy 6 (SW Writers): Purchased, 2015 (Access. No. 2015-026). Forms part of: Marc Simmons Library. Paperbound.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- "With his pistol in his hand" : a border ballad and its hero, by Américo Paredes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-258) and index
- Control code
- 291971
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 262 pages
- Lccn
- 58010853 /L/r852
- Note
-
- Library's copy 2 (SW Writers): Gift of Wilson M. Hudson, 1986 (Access. No. 86-001). Label on front lining paper: Distributed by the Texas Folklore Society in lieu of an annual publication for 1958. With dust jacket.
- Library's copy 3 (SW Writers): Second printing, 1975. Brown cloth binding. Gift of Dickie Heaberlin, 1989 (Access. No. 89-136). Signed by Rollo K. Newsom. With variant dust jacket: Illustration by Charles Shaw.
- Library's copy 4 (SW Writers): Purchased, 2005. Presentation inscription in ink on front free endpaper. With dust jacket.
- Library{u2019}s copy 6 (SW Writers): Purchased, 2015 (Access. No. 2015-026). Forms part of: Marc Simmons Library. Paperbound.
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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