Description: Shod with Iron: Life on the Mexican Border with the United States Border Patrol (Hardcover, 1975) by C. M "Buck" Newsome [Sixth Printing: 1983] CONDITION: *PLEASE READ* Good condition. Moderate wear and tear to dust jacket. Writing on front pastedown (see picture). Otherwise Very Good+. Spine and joints are in excellent structural condition. No obvious damage to binding or paper. No writing, highlighting or creases. Pages do not appear to have yellowed with age and ink has held bold and clear. Pictures are of the actual item you will receive. Any flaws not mentioned are not intentional. Please view pictures carefully. SHIPS ASAP WITH WRAPAROUND CARDBOARD BACKING OVER ARCHIVAL PAPER IN WATERPROOF POLY MAILER via USPS MEDIA MAIL If you have any questions about the item please do not hesitate to ask. DESCRIPTION: (From dust jacket) Life on the Mexican border has a little different flavor than anywhere else. It could be the smell of the tortillas cooking or frijoles boiling on the wood burning stoves. It could be the red chili peppers strung and hanging in the dry air from the pegs driven in the adobe-walled houses. It could be the musical sound of the Spanish language spoken by Mexicans and gringos alike. It could be the Mexican music that blares from every border cantina. It could be the Tequila, Mescal and Sotol of which a drink or two will make anyone like the music. It could be the echo of the Jackasses braying in the canyons of the Rio Grande, ...it is all of these things, mixed together that makes the flavor of life what it is. The very life's blood on the Texas border flows down the Rio Grande. Without the life-giving Rio Grande water, which most of the time is too thick to drink and too thin to plow, very little life could survive. People on both sides of the Rio Grande use the river water to drink, wash their clothes, make their Sotol, irrigate their fields, water their cattle, goats, jackasses and horses, water the flowers that are seen around most of the adobe houses — and once-in-a-while take a bath in it. But the flavor stays the same.
Price: 24.97 USD
Location: San Angelo, Texas
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed By: Buck
Book Title: Shod With Iron
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: C. M. "Buck" Newsome
Item Length: 5.5 in
Edition: 1983 Printing
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1975
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
Author: C. M. "Buck" Newsome
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Texana, True Crime
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Border Patrol, Texas, U.S. Border, Texas Mexican Border, Immigration, Law Enforcement
Number of Pages: 177 Pages
