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"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero

Américo Paredes - Social Science - 1958 - 292 pages
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 ...
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"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero

Am Paredes - Biography & Autobiography - 1958 - 284 pages
Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of ...
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"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero

Am Paredes - Biography & Autobiography - 1958 - 284 pages
Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of ...
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"With His Pistol in His Hand": A Border Ballad and Its Hero

Am Paredes - Biography & Autobiography - 1958 - 284 pages
Traces the life of Gregorio Cortez Lira, a Mexican ranchhand who became the hero of a popular ballad after a shootout with a Texas sheriff, and describes various versions of ...
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