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SANDLER, MARTIN W. Vaqueros: America's First Cowmen. Holt, 2001 117p illus. with photographs ISBN 0-8050-6019-7 $17.95 Ad Gr. 5-9
Though a crucial part of the Old West, the vaqueros haven't had the pull the cowboys have had on the American imagination; in fact, these Mexican and Mexican-origin horsemen, who largely influenced the cowboys, have had their reputations tarnished and denigrated over the years. Sandler sets out to change that in this...