With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero
by Paredes, Américo
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The classic study of border life and song. Paredes, the leading folklorist of US-Mexico border region, tells the compelling story of Gregorio Cortez who killed a sheriff in self-defense and became a hero through dozens of ballads and songs. Still in print, in the Texas Classics series, after sixty years.
262 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a good, rather faded dust jacket. To make up for that, this copy is inscribed by Paredes in 1959. Scarce signed.
262 pages. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a good, rather faded dust jacket. To make up for that, this copy is inscribed by Paredes in 1959. Scarce signed.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 362543
- Title
- With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero
- Author
- Paredes, Américo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- LATINX; Texas;
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