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

Abstract

Part One: Gregorio Cortez, the Legend and the Life Chapter I: The Country Nuevo Santander The Rio Grande people Mier, the Alamo, and Goliad The Texas Rangers Chapter II: The Legend How they sing El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez How Gregorio Cortez came to be in the county of El Carmen Roman's horse trade and what came of it How Gregorio Cortez rode the little sorrel mare all of five hundred miles How El Teco sold Gregorio Cortez for a morral full of silver dollars How Gregorio Cortez went to prison, but not for killing the sheriffs How President Lincoln's daughter freed Gregorio Cortez, and how he was poisoned and died Chapter III: The Man A likable young man The sheriff is interpreted to death The long walk The Battle of Belmont The long ride The capture Aftermath The battle of the courts Through thick and thin The pardon The last days Epilogue Chapter IV: The Hero's Progress Theme and variations Fact and fancy Cortez as a folk hero Part Two: El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez, a Ballad of Border Conflict Chapter V: The Corrido on the Border Before the corrido The corrido century The earliest Border corridos Ballads borrowed from Greater Mexico Border outlaw corridos The Borderer against the fuereno The Border Mexican against the rinches The corrido of border conflict as a dominant form Chapter VI: Variants of Gregorio Cortez Chapter VII: Gregorio Cortez, a Study The variants Narrative style Change and development Versification, rhythm, and structure The use of the imperfect and of syllable-supplying devices Corrido imagery in Gregorio Cortez The corrido language Conventions which the Border corrido has borrowed from Greater Mexico Conventions which have been developed in El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez Chapter VIII: A Last Word Bibliography Index

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