South Texas Tales: Stories My Father Told MeTate Publishing, 2007 - 171 sivua ' These] vignettes of Brownsville people, part real and part fiction, capture the character of our border community. The reader becomes involved with the characters and the stories. It's as though the essence of our society and culture had been opened to view through a historical prism. And the stories are just plain pleasurable to read.' -Dr. Anthony Knopp, Ph.D, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas |
Sisältö
Old Ambition | 11 |
Killer | 27 |
Doña Porfiria Comes Calling | 43 |
Shibboleth | 63 |
Ironing Day | 87 |
Margot Fleming | 95 |
The Courtship of Red Collins | 105 |
Bloody Moon Lullaby | 127 |
A Good Day for Dying | 145 |
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
accordion alright Andres arms asked Baldomero Bennie Beth boys Brownsville Buchanan buñuelos Cameron County Capitán Cesar Gomez chifforobe Cuatro Milpas daughter décimas deputies Diego doctor Don Pedro Doña Licha Doña Lola Doña Lupe Doña Porfiria door Emiliano empanadas Esther exclaimed eyes face father felt fingers forgive Garcia gray Guerrero Guillermo Gulf breeze hands heart Hilda Hinojosa horse Jane Juan del Pan keep kill Kiskadee knew la Cos laughed look Louella Manuel Cavazos Margot Fleming Maria José Marta Masons Matamoros Meskins mesquite mind mother Nacho never night noticed Papá play Point Isabel priest ranch Red Collins remember Reynosa screamed Sebastian Señor shut smell soul stared stay stood Tamaulipas tell Texas There's thing thought told tortillas Treviño Victoria wait walked watched whispered Willie woman worry yellow fever Yerbita young