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The Night Journal


 
Promised Lands

Contents

Book One: An Abiding Place

A Pitted Stone 1
The Clearing 9
A Visit from an Englishman 19
El Corazón 37
A Baby 43
Hope 54
Paso Caballo 65
Katie 75
The Saint 80
Lazarus 93
Grass 103
A Choice 118
Pollo Enterrado 123

Book Two: The Gates of the Presidio

The Virgin of Loreto 137
Coon Dog 160
Horseman Unhorsed 167
Leaving Home 186
The Fires of Goliad 209
The Rabbit 215
Seeing the Light 225
Cold Feet 238
Nine-Mile Prairie 252
General Urrea's Birthday 288
A Night Without Water 296
Exodus 317
The Angel of Goliad 325
The Hiding Place 336
A Petition 342
A Blessing 346
The Grave 350
The Day of the Palms 356
The Pale Mimosas 390
Desagravios 398
Songs of the Dispossessed 412
The Road North 415
The Runaway Scrape 423
A Village of Cotton 437
Crossing Over 444
The Face of Evil 456
A Boy Beside the Fire 483
Burial and Resurrection 497

Acknowledgments 510

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


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