{"product_id":"vaqueros-americas-first-cowmen","title":"Vaqueros: America's First Cowmen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe untold story of the Hispanic riders and ropers who created the cowboy.  \"The men who rode the mustangs  tended the cattle  and invented all the techniques of cattle raising in America were called vaqueros and they were the worlds first cowboys.\"  Did you know that vaqueros invented ...  the rodeo? the cowboy hat? chaps? and many lasso tosses?  Almost everything we associate with cowboys-how they rode  roped  dressed  and lived--began with vaqueros. These Spanish-speaking cowmen developed their skills on missions and ranches throughout Mexico and the Southwest  even in Hawaii  but they have disappeared from history.  Martin Sandler  author of the popular book Cowboys  extends to vaqueros his lively  informed  heavily illustrated treatment. He highlights vaquero clothing and vocabulary and shows in words and pictures vaqueros on horseback  leading roundups  branding  lassoing and tying. The book retells legends of the vaqueros and recounts true stories of vaquero valor  loyalty  heroism and courage. Readers meet Ramon Amuhada  who is in the Cowboy Hall of Fame; great ropers such as Pablo Romero and Jose Berrara; valiant riders  including Antonio Jose Esquival; and other true American heros. Vaqueros will appeal to cowboy fans across the country  and should be shelved in every library and bookstore next to books on African-American and white cowmen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974324056117,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805060197","price":59.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805060195.jpg?v=1770653909","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vaqueros-americas-first-cowmen","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}