Soy de Duval

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM FEBRUARY 5, 2021 While doing some research on the Portal of Texas History earlier today, I ran across a copy of the 1970 Rattler yearbook from my alma mater, St. Mary’s University. Naturally, I wondered whether I had made it into the yearbook and lo and behold I found this: Alfredo Cardenas, 1970 St. Mary’s University I will pass on the temptation of editorializing on this photo, I will leave that up to ny readers. But it got me to thinking about those times and I remembered I had written a story for the school newspaper, The Rattler. I recalled it because 1) it was the first piece I ever wrote outside of our school newspaper, El Vaquero and 2) it was an interesting piece involving an altercation between the venerable Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez and a member of La Raza Unida. So off I went in search of that article and sure enough I found it and share it with you below. It would be negligent of me if I did not at least give you an update on ...

  POSTED BY: CARDENAS.AE@GMAIL.COM SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 Greetings! I am afraid I have become somewhat of a stranger over the last several months. My sincere apologies for that, but I have a good excuse: aside from my responsibilities as a husband, father, and grandfather (yay), now I have seriously begun to write my next book. Which I hope will be my opus! That is to say, the work I have been working on for years. Soon, within the year, hopefully, I will publish Soy de Duval, the Nineteenth Century History of Duval County, Texas. To meet this self-imposed deadline, I will dedicate all my spare time to the book. So, don’t expect to see Soy de Duval blogs any time soon. I genuinely hope you will understand this decision. What I have thought of doing, if you, my readers, think it would satisfy your need for Duval County historical stories, I could repost some “oldies but goodies” of past blogs. Let me know, either by replying to this blog or commenting on Facebook, that you would like ...