Soy de Duval —the book—is with a highly regarded publisher POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM JULY 26, 2021 Well, it’s been a while since I blogged about my book in progress, so I think an update is in order. Good news always comes first. In this case, the good news is that I have completed my manuscript! Some details are also probably in order. Initially, my working title was Soy de Duval, the Nineteenth Century History of Duval County, Texas. My latest version of the title is Soy de Duval, One Community’s Contribution to Tejano Identity. The second piece of good news is that a university publisher has looked at the manuscript and decided they liked it enough to send it to a couple of readers for peer review. What does this mean, you might ask? Well, it means that two history scholars will read the manuscript and offer their thoughts on its merit. This process could take up to two months or more, and the whole publishing process may take up to two years. So, the good news is that a