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Portrait of Fidel Tafolla

The original handwritten manuscript was written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009.

Cover story on Esteban Jordan.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Willie Bobo, Leslie Bovee, Frenchie Burke, Connie Cato, Patsy Coleman, Bernice Cortez, Peter Frampton, Carroll Gilley, Efrain Gutierrez, Roy Head, John Holmes, Jerry Jeff, Jim Landry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bubba Littrell, Linda Lovell, Bobby Mahaffey, Steve Mallett, Darrell McCall, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Tommy Overstreet, Ray Price, Douglas Quintet, Edna Rodarte, Johnny Rodriguez, Glenn Smith, Gary Stewart, John Stuckey, Barry Sullivan, Hank Thompson, Mel Tillis, Joe Torra, Johnny Wadd, Jack Walker, Jerry Wallace, Hank Williams.

Meeting minutes from the Texas State University System Board of Regents.