Americo Paredes Research Paper

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Americo Paredes was an Mexican-American born in Brownsville,Texas September 3, 1915 and died May 5, 1999 in Austin, Texas. Americo Paredes was an author and for example wrote “With his Pistol In His Hand”. He was famous for his famous books and also his music.

Americo Paredes dad’s part of the family has been in the Americas since 1580. Americo’s mom’s side of the family was from Spain in the 1850’s Americo’s mom named him Americo after the great 16th century Italian geographer and explorer because she made a promise to her aunt who married an italian sailor.

He was a famous musician and made a lot of good music and he made “A Texas-Mexican Cancionero”, is another major book he wrote in 1995 which included sixty-six folksongs from

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