Title: These Were The Vaqueros: Collected Works of Arnold R. Rojas
Publisher: Alamar Media
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 057806085X
ISBN 13: 9780578060859
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Dimensions: 13.97 centimeters width by 21.59 centimeters height by 3.51 centimeters depth
Weight: 703.068 grams

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The book contains the collected stories of Arnold R. Rojas in five sections - based on five of his earlier works - with tales gathered from old California vaqueros. The first section tells the history of the early land grants and of the vaqueros who drove the great herds. The second section gives the lore of the vaquero - his ways and beliefs. Part three is filled with more stories from the vaqueros of old and how they worked their horses and mules. Part four tells more of the methods of the vaquero and section five speaks of bits and bitting and the ways of the bridle horse.

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Arnold Rojas (1896 - 1988) was a true throwback, a man who showed respect for the old ways and for the old ones. He is an important figure in ethnic writing and held an uncompromising pride in his heritage - his family coming to California in the 1820s from Sonora, Mexico. His books were part of the foundation of ethnic pride that was built upon in the tumultuous era of the 1960s. Arnold Rojas holds his place in history as an important literary contributor to the legacy of a region in the west where the horse and horsemen were king and the value of a man was placed in his character and competency, not what he carried in his pocket. Simply put, in Rojas the vaquero found their champion.

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