Author: Martha I. Daza
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1669860248
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Author: William Watts Hart Davis
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Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: W. W. H. Davis
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803265585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438

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A veteran of the Mexican War, W. W. H. Davis returned to New Mexico in 1853 to become United States Attorney for the territory. He soon thought of himself as El Gringo, the stranger, who had much to learn about his new home and its people. Equipped with a few changes of clothes, a two-book law library, and a ravenous curiosity, Davis recorded in his diary all that impressed him on his thousand-mile trip to Santa Fä and his thousand-mile court circuit. In 1856 he ransacked the diary to write El Gringo, selecting those features of custom, language, landscape, and history most likely to interest general readers. El Gringo caught on quickly. His duties took him far and wide, to ramshackle jails locked with twine and to the homes of the rich and powerful. His legal training intensified his interest in and understanding of the longstanding quarrels between Indians and whites, between New Mexicans and Texans, between the established Spanish-speaking population and the influx of new settlers and traders from the United States. His description of New Mexico is one of the earliest full-length accounts to appear in English and provides a stunning picture of a newly conquered land.

Author: Peter Conti
Publisher: Full Court Press
ISBN: 9781938812842
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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The vivid account of a charming rogue who evaded capture for thirteen years as an international fugitive from U.S. law enforcement after being set up by a childhood friend for a crime he didn't commit.

Author: Aura Xilonen
Publisher: Europa Editions UK
ISBN: 1787700313
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Life of Oscar Wao Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach "the promised land." And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, a youth during which he has nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore, where of all places he begins to doubt the usefulness of words. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer. Liborio's story is constructed in a dazzling language that reflects the particular culture of border towns and expresses both resistance and fascination. This is a migrants' story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and, finally, love – a thoroughly contemporary take on the picaresque novel – told in sparkling, innovative prose.

Author: William Watts Hart Davis
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019683279
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Published in 1857, this travelogue by William Davis describes his experiences in New Mexico during the Mexican-American War. Davis provides vivid descriptions of the people, culture, and landscape of New Mexico, as well as his encounters with notable figures such as Kit Carson and General Stephen Watts Kearny. This book is a valuable primary source for historians of the American West and the Mexican-American War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487594542
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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In the city of Natal in northeastern Brazil, several local women negotiate the terms of their intimate relationships with foreign tourists, or gringos, in a situation often referred to as "sex tourism." These women have different experiences, but they share a similar desire to "escape" the social conditions of their lives in Brazil. Based on original ethnographic research and presented in graphic form, Gringo Love explores the hopes, dreams, and realities of these women against a backdrop of deep social inequality and increasing state surveillance leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. It touches on important contemporary issues, including sexual economics, transnational mobility, romantic imaginaries, gender representation, race and inequality, and visual methods. The graphic story is accompanied by analysis and contextual discussion, which encourage readers to engage with the narrative and expand their understanding of the broader social issues therein.

Author: Carlos Fuentes
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466840145
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction. One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.

Author: W. W. H. Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781449576448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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In this classic work, W.W.H. Davis describes New Mexico as he experienced it shortly after it became a Territory of the United States in 1850. He recounts a brief history of the land and its people, and describes his journeys around the Territory, Santa Fé as it was in the early 1850's, the Pueblo Indians, and the Navajo Indians. This delightful and informative book contains all thirteen of the original illustrations contained in the original book, originally published in 1857.

Author: William Watts Hart Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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