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Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary.

Publication: Journal of Southern History
Publication Date: 01-NOV-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal: The Life and Times of a Mexican Revolutionary. By Joseph E. Chance. (San Antonio, Tex.: Trinity University Press, c. 2006. Pp. xii, 283. $35.00, ISBN 978-1-59534-020-7.)

Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal lived through extraordinary times. More than an observer, however, he dedicated his life to shaping the tumultuous world of the Texas-Mexico border. He was born in San Antonio in 1809, and as a conspicuously intelligent youth, he attracted the attention of empresario Stephen F. Austin. In 1823 Austin sponsored Carvajal's education in Kentucky and Virginia, where he not only became fluent in...

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