Americo Paredes

Mexican American folklorist, teacher, writer, poet, musician, and author Americo Paderes was born in Brownsville, TX in 1915. His works include Cantos de Adolescencia, With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and its Hero, Folktales of Mexico, A Texas Mexican Cancionero: Folksongs of the Lower Border, George Washington Gomez: A Mexicotexan Novel, Uncle Remus con Chile, Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border, The Hammon and the Beans and Other Stories, andThe Shadow.

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