A life crossing borders : memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate : las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederación

A life crossing borders : memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate : las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederación

"In his memoir that 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 to Mexico in order to survive.
This fascinating autobiography recounts the life of a man born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1837, long before Mexico lost control of the region following the Mexican-American War in 1848 and the state achieved U.S. statehood in 1912.
The preservation and publication of this memoir is almost as fascinating as the life described within its pages. The handwritten, Spanish-language manuscript—left unfinished when Tafolla died at the age of 73—was passed from relative to relative until his grandson, Fidel Tafolla, took on the task of translating and transcribing it in the late 1960s. This first-ever publication of a remarkable look at life in the 19th century has been edited by Santiago’s great-granddaughters, Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla. It includes sample pages from the original, handwritten manuscript

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • A life crossing borders
    • Pearsall, Texas, September 16, 1908
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Chapter 17
    • Chapter 18
    • Chapter 19
    • Chapter 20
    • Chapter 21
    • Chapter 22
    • Chapter 23
    • Chapter 24
    • Chapter 25
    • Chapter 26
    • Chapter 27
    • Chapter 28
    • Chapter 29
    • Chapter 30
    • Epilogue
    • Notes
  • Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la confederación
    • Capítulo 1
    • Capítulo 2
    • Capítulo 3
    • Capítulo 4
    • Capítulo 5
    • Capítulo 6
    • Capítulo 7
    • Capítulo 8
    • Capítulo 9
    • Capítulo 10
    • Capítulo 11
    • Capítulo 12
    • Capítulo 13
    • Capítulo 14
    • Capítulo 15
    • Capítulo 16
    • Capítulo 17
    • Capítulo 18
    • Capítulo 19
    • Capítulo 20
    • Capítulo 21
    • Capítulo 22
    • Capítulo 23
    • Capítulo 24
    • Capítulo 25
    • Capítulo 26
    • Capítulo 27
    • Capítulo 29
    • Capítulo 28
    • Capítulo 30
    • Notas
  • Works cited
  • Appendices
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the translator
  • About the editors

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