Border Lore Folktales and Legends of South Texas
David Bowles
(Author)
Description
Award-winning translator and author David Bowles brings together twenty-five darkly memorable stories of the southern borderlands of Texas, retold in his unique voice. Ranging from the age-old folktales heard at his grandmother's knee to urban legends collected down the years, each of these narratives is brought to stunning visual life by artist José Meléndez. An appendix classifies the pieces and enumerates motifs.
Product Details
Price
$25.00
$23.25
Publisher
Lamar University Press
Publish Date
June 16, 2015
Pages
140
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.38 inches | 0.58 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781942956013
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About the Author
David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas, where he teaches literature and Nahuatl at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his thirty published books are the multiple-award-winning They Call Me Güero, as well as the series Garza Twins, 13th Street, and Clockwork Curandera. He is the current vice president of the Texas Institute of Letters.
