Jack Woodville London to speak at Historical Society of Helotes

Historian and author Jack Woodville London will speak about his book, Dangerous Latitudes, at the Historical Society of Helotes on September 8 at 12 noon. Meetings are open to the public.

A donation of $5 is suggested for non-members. RSVP required. Email: info@historicalsocietyofhelotes.org – see the below link to order lunch.

Six years after the fall of the Alamo, Mexican armies invade freely across the Rio Grande and Texas is but one skirmish away from losing its hard-won independence. Against this backdrop, naïve surveyor Alexandre LaBranche accepts a dubious commission to map the Rio Grande boundary between Texas and Mexico but soon finds himself far out of his depth. Bullied into spying by a vindictive Sam Houston, saddled by two bumbling horse thieves, and unsettled by his growing feelings for a mysterious young Black woman who seems to know his business better than he does, Alexandre’s peril escalates when the Mexican army invades San Antonio and takes him prisoner.

Based on rich historical research and laced with exuberant, Texas-sized historical figures such as Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, and Jack Hays, Dangerous Latitudes is a quest across a war-torn frontier that becomes a race to save two hundred captured Texans who the Mexican army has marked for death.