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"When Cortés landed at Veracruz in 1519, a band of Aztec artists dispatched by Montezuma hastily sketched pictures of a new and terrifying monster that accompanied the Spaniards--a strange four-legged creature with a tail like straws and the body of a man rising from its shoulders. These drawings were the first pictorial representations of a man on horseback created in the New World. Horses spread rapidly throughout South America and ultimately...
11) Cowboys
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Answers basic questions about cowboys, including "What was it like to be a cowboy in the Wild West?", "Who are some famous cowboys?", and "Are there still cowboys today?"
17) Rounders 3
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Legendary Western writer Max Evans takes you into the heart of Hi Lo Country to spend a little time with cowboys who work hard, play hard, live hard- and have a great time being cowboys in this collection of all three of Evans' classic novels.
The Rounders: Two stove-up cowboys, Dusty Jones and Wrangler Lewis, set out to break a wild roan named Old Fooler- part horse, part devil- if he doesn't break them first!...
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Nothing too good for a cowboy: A group of young adults struggle to run the biggest cattle ranch in the world amidst World War II. Kid vengeance: Distraught by the murder of his parents and the kidnapping of his sister, a teenaged boy enlists the help of a gunslinger to seek revenge. Cowboys don't cry: A father and son struggle to make ends meet on the rodeo circuit. Pony Express rider: A young man joins the Pony Express mail service to track his father's...
20) Cowboy
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Eyewitness books volume 45
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Text and photographs trace the history and lore of cowboys around the globe.
