Lucio Seguila and his three daughters live on an island in the Rio Grande, between Mexico and the United States. Seventeen border stories by a professor at the University of Austin, known for The Ballad of Gregoria Cortez. A reprint of the book from 1917 by a Mexican-American who worked diligently for the proper restoration of The Alamo and several other missions in the San Antonio area. A solitary figure gazed reverently at the imposing escarpment before him, pockets of snow still visible on its broad granite shoulders. I cannot say who.
Analogies are never enough to explain purpose.