Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest

Alfred Avila · Kat Avila

Sep 1994 · Arte Publico Press

About this ebook

The ancient evil spirits of La Llorona, the Wailing Woman of Aztec-Hispanic tradition; the hell that lies within Pancho Villa's treasure caves; the restless ghost of a Chinese girl whose body was tragically lost, of a dead man out to reclaim his shoes, of a Japanese lady whose ashes were carelessly tossed in a cactus patch are but a handful of the terrifying stories in this collection of ghost tales from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ratings and reviews

this book is a good book for a reader that likes out of the ordinary stories.

My fourth grade teacher would read to us from this book, memories :D now I cant buy it because google says its not available in my country? Last time I checked South Texas WAS still part of the American Southwest. What's going on google.books ???

About the author

These deliciously gory tales are recounted by the talented, renowned storyteller ALFRED AVILA, who has salvaged these stories from disappearing forever. He is perhaps one of the last in a long line of tall-tale specialists in the Mexican tradition of the Southwest. Not only has he remembered these stories from his childhood, but he has translated their essence into equally shocking images in the illustrations he has created for this book. And the present generation is pitching in to make sure that this valuable segment of American tradition is not lost.

KAT AVILA, his college-educated daughter, has rendered vivid and precise translations of her father's originals. Here at last is a rich heritage that will take its place beside the headless horseman and the many other tales from Anglo-American tradition that have honored bookshelves, nights around the campfire and Halloween recountings.