In the Days of the Vaqueros: America’s First True Cowboys

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In this rousing account of the first true cowboys, Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman brings to life the days when the vaqueros rounded up cattle, brought down steers, and tamed wild broncos. Within the service of rich Spanish conquistadors Within the sixteenth century, Mexican ranch hands started herd- ing cattle, regularly riding barefoot. They soon developed and perfected the skills for this dangerous work and became expert horsemen. Hundred of years later the vaqueros shared their expertise with the inexperienced cowboys of the American West, who adopted their techniques and their distinctive clothing, tools, or even lingo. Yet lately it’s the cowboy whom we needless to say, at the same time as the vaquero has all but disappeared from history.
The vaqueros are at last given their due on this dramatic narrative, lushly illustrated with beautiful period paintings and drawings.
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