During the last couple months Jorge M. Rolland C. and I have made some significant headway researching and writing about the life of engineer Modesto Rolland.
I recently submitted my essay "Modesto C. Rolland and the Baja California Peninsula to the Journal of the Southwest. It is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, which means that even if accepted, it will be some time before it comes out. But, hopefully, good things will come to those that wait. I will also be presenting on this topic at the Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies Conference being held this year in Tucson, AZ, April 8-12, 2015.
I have also made some progress on the book. I am still working on the first chapter, but I am pleased with how it is developing so far.
Jorge has been more successful at getting his work published in popular journals in Mexico. He recently published "Ingeniero Modesto C. Rolland: Pionero del uso de prefabircado de cement Armando México" in the February 2015 edition of Contrucción y Technología en Concreto. It looks like the widely read Relatos e Historias is going to publish segments of Jorge's "La vida de Modesto C. Rolland," which would be great.
Saludos,
Justin Castro
