The Republic of the Sierra Madre

Episode 16 of Brandon Seale's podcast on the Republic of the Rio Grande.Fiery San Antonian José María Carvajal refuses to give up the dream of a northeastern Mexican republic, only to be defeated by his old commander, Antonio Canales. Carvajal - and his reputation - recover in the turmoil of the French Intervention, however, and he rises to his own moment in the sun as the regional hegemon of Tamaulipas. For a few years.Photo: Arista's Campaign Map, 1840, Courtesy Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin.Selected BibliographyAnna, Timothy E. Forging Mexico: 1821-1835 (1998).Casa Blanca Articles of ConventionDe la Garza, Lorenzo. Dos Hermanos Heroes (1939).Gallegos, Juan José. “Last Drop of My Blood: Col. Antonio Zapata: A Life and Times on México’s Río Grande Frontier, 1797-1840.”Lack, Paul D. Searching for the Republic of the Rio Grande (2022).Lott, Virgil N. and Mercurio Martinez. The Kingdom of Zapata (1953).Nance, Joseph. After San Jacinto: The Texas Mexican Frontier, 1836-1841 (1970).Plan del Rancho de Puntiagudo. University of St. Andrews.Vázquez, Josefina Zoraida. La Supuesta República del Río Grande (1995).www.BrandonSeale.com