A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Confederate / Las memorias de un mexicoamericano en la Confederacion (Recovering the U. S. Hispanic Literary Heritage)
SANTIAGO TAFOLLA was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1837, one year after the Republic of Texas declared its independence from Mexico. He worked as a soldier, hunter, trader, farmer, rancher, civil rights activist, Justice of the Peace, and preacher. He died of a heart attack while delivering a sermon at the pulpit of the Methodist-Episcopal church in Seguin, Texas, in 1911.CARMEN TAFOLLA, great-granddaughter of Santiago Tafolla and a native of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning poet, educator and children's book author. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, she is a recipient of the Art of Peace Award for writings which promote peace and justice.LAURA TAFOLLA, great-granddaughter of Santiago Tafolla and daughter of Fidel Tafolla, the original translator of the memoir, has been an educator in the San Antonio School District for 30 years. She has worked as a counselor and currently is an instructor in the Gear-Up Program at Lanier High School in San Antonio.