the "spirit of the border strife." Many people called Gregorio Cortez a hero because both stories of his real life and the corrido involve him ronning away from the "rinches", or Texas rangers, and he kept evading them until his capture. This gave Mexican-Americans the idea of a Hispanic hero who defended his rights from the American "outsiders".[23] Both the story and the corrido tell of how Gregorio Cortez was strong because he ended up standing up against a legal system that didn't favor Mexican-Americans, and he became a hero to various people of Mexican descent in Texas.[24] The corrido has been adapted to other media as well. In 1958, Américo Paredes wrote the book "With his pistol in his hand: a border ballad and its hero". This book details the corrido and the story of Gregorio Cortes in expressive detail and has become a "classic of Mexican-American prose." In 1982, A film titled "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" was created and had Edward James Olmos star as Gregorio Cortez. Overall, the story of Gregorio Cortez and the corridos that were inspired by it are a timeless tradition for Mexican-Americans everywhere.[25] Form Corridos, like rancheras, have introductory instrumental music and adornos (ornamentations) accommodating the stanzas of the lyrics. Like rancheras, corridos can be played in virtually all regional Mexican styles. Also like rancheras, corridos are usually played in polka, waltz, or mazurka mode. [citation needed] Films 2006 - Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side). Directed by Natalia Almada. 2007 - El Violin (The Violin) directed by Francisco Vargas 2008 - El chrysler 300: Chuy y Mauricio Directed by Enrique Murillo 2009 - El Katch (The Katch) Directed by Oscar Lopez See also Norteño Tambora Sinaloense Duranguense Ranchera Narcocorrido References Further reading Americo Paredes. With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and its Hero (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958) Richard Flores. "The Corrido and the Emergence of Texas-Mexican Social Identity" (Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 105, Spring 1992) Dan Dickey. The Kennedy Corridos: A Study of the Ballads of a Mexican American Hero (Center for Mexican-American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1978) Merle Simmons. The Mexican Corrido as a Source of an Interpretive Study of Modern Mexico, 1870–1950'' (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1957). Draft. External links Cantar a los narcos https://www.amazon.com/Cantar-narcos-Sing-Dealers-Spanish/dp/6070707206 Narcocorrido, includes a variety of information about the contemporary scene, including a page of topical