Tales of the Wild Horse Desert

by Jane Clements Monday and Betty Bailey Colley

Book Overview

Highly skilled, hard-working, and loyal to each other and to the ranches that employ them, the Mexican and Mexican American vaqueros who work on the famous King and Kenedy Ranches of South Texas' Wild Horse Desert are some of America's best cowboys. Many of them come from families who have lived and worked on the ranches for over a hundred years. They preserve the memories of ranch life handed down by their grandparents and great-grandparents,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292712413
• ISBN13: 9780292712416
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12