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Rudy Felix Casanova
"Living very happily in San Antonio's West Side barrio in the 1940"s",
says the author, "I grew up thinking I was one hundred per cent
Mexican American. And even though my paternal grandfather ...показать больше"Living very happily in San Antonio's West Side barrio in the 1940"s",
says the author, "I grew up thinking I was one hundred per cent
Mexican American. And even though my paternal grandfather always
made it a point to stress that we were Canarians, I had no notion of my
Spanish genealogy...until my later years."
He joined the Canary Islands Descendants Association in the city, and
learned from hundreds of Canarian "cousins" about their unique legacy.
He served as president for three terms, during which time he delivered
many public speeches to audiences that were, he says, surprisingly
interested and hungry for the magnificent history of those brave founding families from Spain.показать меньше
Книги автора Rudy Felix Casanova
San Antonio, City for a King: An Account of the Colonial History of San Antonio and Texas