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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 Betty Hansen & Judy film.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Mary Aspaas, Bebe Bartlett, Clay Blaker, Ronnie Branham, David Cali, Hondo Crouch, Bob Crowley, Bob Dickson, Jay Dominguez, Joe Ely, Denny Ezba, Al Garcia, Robert Gomez, Jack Green, Henry Holly, Waylon Jennings, Dan Johnson, George Jones, Jackie King, Guich Koock, Joey Lopez, Loretta Lynn, Billy Mata, Darrell McCall, Ron McPherson, Denise Meek, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Mary Parchman, Doug Sahm, Terry Scherbel, Cal Smith, Ernest Tubb, Conway Twitty, John Wayne.