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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 Doug Sahm.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: David Allan, Atwood Allen, Jack Barber, Paul Botello, Milton Carroll, Rick Casual, David Allan Coe, Charlie Daniels, William Carlton Daniels, Kinky Friedman, Steve Fromholz, Juan Grande, Roy Head, Sam Houston, Bo Jangles, Jerry Jeff, Waylon Jennings, Fat Max, Geno McCoslin, Huey Meaux, Augie Meyers, Frank Miller, Joker Moon, Michael Murphy, Willie Nelson, San Pedro, Douglas Quintet, Willis Allen Ramsey, Jimmy Reed, Ron Rose, Leon Russell, Leon Springs, Jethro Tull, Romy Vela, Charlie Walker, Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Wier, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Eddie Wilson.

Cover story on Billy Joe Shaver, Kinky Friedman, Mason Ruffner