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With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero
With His Pistol in His Hand A Border Ballad and Its Hero
Author: Americo Paredes
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-Mexican...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292701281
ISBN-10: 0292701284
Publication Date: 1970
Pages: 275
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Paperback
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