"It will make a substantial contribution to the Alamo’s historical record...'Beneath Sacred Ground' anticipates a moment when Texas and Texans are ready to accept a fuller picture and full truth about its origins...The book will be a profound addition to academic and public libraries, but coffee-table-book
fans will revel in the details added to the burial records from other primary sources and the beautiful illustrations.."
- Elaine Ayala, reviewing Beneath Sacred Ground: The Mission San Antonio de Valero Burial Records Transcribed, Translated and Annotated
"Art's careful planning and meticulous attention to detail gives readers these records in context...I highly recommend this book as a great reference resource."
- William D. "Bill" Buckner, reviewing San Antonio Marriages 1703-1846: Matrimony in Colonial, Mexican and Republican Texas
"Historian and attorney Art Martínez de Vara captures the essence of Tejano politics in the Texas borderlands with this powerful biography of José Francisco Ruiz."
- Dr. Francis X. Galan, reviewing Tejano Patriot
"Well-written and readable, the book skillfully weaves and contextualizes Ruiz's life into a broader historical story, providing more than the title's promise."
- Dr. Gerald Poyo, reviewing Tejano Patriot
"What makes this monograph so compelling is how Martínez de Vara is able to weave Ruiz in to critical moments in Texas history."
- Dr. Kris Klein Hernández, reviewing Tejano Patriot
"Martínez de Vara is an extraordinary researcher. ..and adept storyteller. The reader will go from knowing virtually nothing about this Tejano patriot to fervently wishing there had been more Texans like him.."
- Michael Barnes, reviewing Tejano Patriot
"This work passes the test. It is
everything it purports to be – a fresh
approach, factual, interesting, well
written, and more. "
- William D. "Bill" Buckner, reviewing Dios y Tejas: Essays on the History of Von Ormy, Texas
"We are blessed that someone with
such passion for history and
preserving the record of that history
is providing quality publications for
future generations of researchers and
genealogists."
- William D. "Bill" Buckner, reviewing El Carmen: The Chapel of the Battle of Medina
"Of the Jose Antonio Navarro, Juan Seguin, Lorenzo de Zavala, and Jose Francisco Ruiz pantheon of Tejano heroes, Ruiz has been the least written about. His account of Texas Indians in the 1820's is fascinating because he was - by almost all contemporary accounts - the foremost expert of the period, having lived with them for much of the previous decade. "
- Brandon Seale, reviewing The Jose Francisco Ruiz Papers: Report on the Indian Tribes of Texas in 1828
"Preservation and publishing go together.
...the work of the compiler, translator, author, indexer, and publisher are needed to truly preserve the content of the records of our ancestors and make them usable. We are indebted to Art Martinez de Vara for preserving the content of these records by translating (from the ecclesiastical Latin, some French, and the bulk in Spanish), transcribing, and publishing these early records."
- William D. "Bill" Buckner, reviewing Bexar: the History and Records of a South Texas Ghost Town
"Art Martinez de Vara has
perfected a model of presenting an institution's history (Part I) and
records (Part II). For this book, the institution researched is Mission San Francisco de la Espada
- William D. "Bill" Buckner, reviewing Mission Espada After Secularization
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