Early Tejano Ranching: Daily Life at Ranchos San Jose and El Fresnillo

ANDRÉS SÁENZ was born in 1927 on the Rancho de Santa Cruz in Duval County, Texas. In 1997 he donated his family's accounts to the Institute of Texan Cultures, which commissioned ANDRÉS TIJERINA, a professor of history at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, to edit them into this account. Tijerina is author of the award-winning Tejano Empire: Life on the South Texas Ranchos, also published by Texas A&M University Press.