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A Cowboy of the Pecos

A Cowboy of the Pecos

A Cowboy of the Pecos

Patrick Dearen

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2016
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Historia de América
ISBN:
9781493024162
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In the late 1880s, the Pecos River region of Texas and southern New Mexico was known as “the cowboy’s paradise.†And the cowboys who worked in and around the river were known as “the most expert cowboys in the world.†A Cowboy of the Pecos vividly reveals tells the story of the Pecos cowboy from the first Goodnight-Loving cattle drive to the 1920s. These meticulously researched and entertaining stories offer a glimpse into a forgotten and yet mythologized era. Includes archival photographs.

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