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Average rating: 3.85 · 1,492 ratings · 111 reviews · 28 distinct works • Similar authors

	George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel 3.84 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 1990 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero 3.81 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 1958 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hammon and the Beans and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border 4.38 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Two Worlds 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Folktales of Mexico 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Texas-Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantos de adolescencia/ Songs of Youth: 1932-1937 (Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Their country! There you are. Their filthy lies are all over you already. I was born here. My father was born here and so was my grandfather and his father before him. And then they come, they come and take it, steal it and call it theirs.”
― Americo paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

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“I'm working and I'm gonna study nights. Sometimes I get to thinking and I say to myself, 'Who the hell am I? Just a poor Damn Mexican that's worth less than a dog in this cursed country.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

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“Some of these young spiks get too much schooling. Then they start gettin' ideas they're as good as white people.”
― Américo Paredes, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel

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