With his pistol in his hand´ , a border ballad and its hero

By:

Paredes, Américo [autor]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Austin-Texas, United States : University of Texas, 1958Edition: 1a. ed., 9a. reimprDescription: 274 páginas : ilustraciones; ImpresoContent type:

texto

Media type:

no mediado

Carrier type:

volumen

ISBN:

978-0-292-70128-1

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

398.22 P2274

Abstract: Introduction. Gregorio Cortez, the legend and the life: The country; The legend; The man; The her´s progress. EL corrido de Gregorio Cortez, a ballad of border conflict; The corrido on the border; Variants of Gregorio Cortez; A last word.Abstract: 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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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Hernán Malo González	Biblioteca Central Bloque A	398.22 P2274 BG19586 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	BG19586

Includes bibliography and index

Introduction. Gregorio Cortez, the legend and the life: The country; The legend; The man; The her´s progress. EL corrido de Gregorio Cortez, a ballad of border conflict; The corrido on the border; Variants of Gregorio Cortez; A last word.

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.