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

Freedman, Russell

ISBN 10: 0395967880 / ISBN 13: 9780395967881

Published by Clarion Books, 2001

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First Edition. A fine book in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has i small teat on lower rear edge. Seller Inventory # 060044

Bibliographic Details

Title: In the Days of the Vaqueros: America's First...

Publisher: Clarion Books

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

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. In the service of wealthy Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century, Mexican ranch hands began herd- ing cattle, often 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, and even lingo. Yet today it is the cowboy whom we remember, while the vaquero has all but disappeared from history.
The vaqueros are at last given their due in this dramatic narrative, lushly illustrated with beautiful period paintings and drawings.

About the Author:

Russell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City.