Garcia, Ricardo L.
Brother Bill's bait bites back and other tales from the Raton Ricardo L. Garcia - Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c2004. - xi, 118 p. 23 cm.
"A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover.
"The tales in this collection are about everyday life with some fantastic elements. An African American mother and daughter confronts a German prisoner of war in one story, while in another a coal miner's gift for braying leads to a war between coal camps. Here are chronicles of a Mexican barber who extracts a ghoulish revenge for being forced to shave the beard of a killer; of the terrible fate that awaits boys who are lured into a dancehall during the Lenten season by the Devil and his beautiful cowgirls; and of an old coal miner who attempts to control his young wife by pretending to be the voice of the Lord
0803271115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2003055558
Tales--New Mexico--Raton Region.
Raton Region (N.M.)--Social life and customs.
398.20978922 Gar 42
Brother Bill's bait bites back and other tales from the Raton Ricardo L. Garcia - Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c2004. - xi, 118 p. 23 cm.
"A Bison original"--P. [4] of cover.
"The tales in this collection are about everyday life with some fantastic elements. An African American mother and daughter confronts a German prisoner of war in one story, while in another a coal miner's gift for braying leads to a war between coal camps. Here are chronicles of a Mexican barber who extracts a ghoulish revenge for being forced to shave the beard of a killer; of the terrible fate that awaits boys who are lured into a dancehall during the Lenten season by the Devil and his beautiful cowgirls; and of an old coal miner who attempts to control his young wife by pretending to be the voice of the Lord
0803271115 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2003055558
Tales--New Mexico--Raton Region.
Raton Region (N.M.)--Social life and customs.
398.20978922 Gar 42