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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 "Tony the Mex".

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: George Chambers, Allan Dale, Churchill Downs, Alex Habeeb, Frank Hall, Clifton Jansky, Tony Jr, Danny Levinson, Loretta Lynn, Willie Mosconi, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, San Pedro, Tony Salinas, Ray Santarelli, Will Seeley, Starr Struk, Alice Thompson, Wendy Welty, Larry Whinnery.

Cover story on Scorpions

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