Publisher's Synopsis
"Mi carnal Frank Mariano Tejeda Jr. was something else--our oldest brother, a son, father, native of San Antonio, decorated Marine Vietnam veteran, lawyer, Texas State Representative, Texas Senator and U.S. Congressman when he died in 1997 at age 51. He was all of that y mucho más. And while he passed away at a relatively young age, he left a lasting legacy as a public servant, leader and legislator who developed a strong and influential political alliance known as the Southside Coalition, and who, for almost twenty years, was considered one of the most powerful Mexican American/Chicano politicians that San Antonio and Texas have ever known"--.
