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Author Tafolla, Santiago, 1837-1911, author.

Title A life crossing borders : memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Santiago Tafolla ; edited by Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla ; English translation by Fidel Tafolla
Published Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource
Series Recovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication.
Contents Capitulo 4capitulo 5; capitulo 6; capitulo 7; capitulo 8; capitulo 9; capitulo 10; capitulo 11; capitulo 12; capitulo 13; capitulo 14; capitulo 15; capitulo 16; capitulo 17; capitulo 18; capitulo 19; capitulo 20; capitulo 21; capitulo 22; capitulo 23; capitulo 24; capitulo 25; capitulo 26; capitulo 27; capitulo 28; capitulo 29; capitulo 30; capitulo 31; capitulo 32; notas; works cited; appendices; acknowledgements; about the translator; about the editors
Summary In the memoir he began in 1908, Santiago Tafolla recalls finding himself--along with his fellow Mexican Confederate soldiers--terrorized by white Confederates. When the americanos take up arms and threaten to eliminate all the "greasers," Tafolla is forced to desert in order to survive. Born in Santa Fe in 1837, nine years before Mexico lost control of the region following the Mexican-American War, Tafolla chronicles his life during turbulent times. He experienced firsthand the racism prevalent to the time period and was an eyewitness to slavery. He was a veteran of the Texas Indian. Wars and the U.S. Civil War, having served as a bugler for both the northern and southern armies. And he spent the last 35 years of his life as a methodist circuit-riding preacher when most Hispanics were Catholics. The preservation and publication of this memoir is almost as fascinating as the life described within its pages. Edited by Santiago's great-grand-daughters, Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla, it includes sample pages from the original, handwritten manuscript; a transcription of the complete original Spanish memoir; an epilogue describing the significance of his later life; the English translation; and historical photos. Published as part of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project series, A Life Crossing Borders is an invaluable aid to understanding the upheavals of the nineteenth century in North America. In recovering Santiago Tafolla's memoir, scholars and great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura have contributed a remarkable work of inestimable historical and literary value, Tafolla's rich and nuanced memoir details a young Hispano's life in the vortex of U.S. wars of Western expansionism and in the Civil War. Tafolla, who crosses limits and boundaries of language, religion and political allegiance, is a critically important nineteenth century voice. His memoir significantly adds to our knowledge and understanding of Latina/o history and literature; it is a must for every library!--Antonia Castarieda, Ph. D., Independent Scholar --Book Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed October 13, 2014)
Subject Tafolla, Santiago, 1837-1911.
SUBJECT Tafolla, Santiago, 1837-1911 fast
Subject Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography
SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army fast
Subject Mexican Americans -- Biography
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity.
Circuit riders -- United States -- Biography
Ranchers -- Southwest, New -- Biography
Justices of the peace -- Texas -- Biography
Circuit riders
Justices of the peace
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans -- Ethnic identity
Ranchers
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Mexican American
New Mexico -- History -- 1848- -- Biography
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Biography
Subject New Mexico
New Mexico -- Santa Fe
New Southwest
Texas
United States
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
Author Tafolla, Carmen, 1951- editor.
Tafolla, Laura, editor
Tafolla, Fidel L, translator
ISBN 9781611920369
1611920361