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“This uniquely American figure (the cowboy), did not begin in America. He had his origins in the Old World. His principal antecedent was certainly the vaquero, who had seen centuries of development in Spanish North America before Anglos and their black slaves moved into the eastern United States.”

Lawrence Clayton
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COWBOYS – VAQUEROS
Origins of The First American Cowboys
by Donald Chavez y Gilbert


Acknowledgements
Dedication
Chapter 1

Chapter 2
Cowboy History

Chapter 3
The Cowboy
 “Persona”

Chapter 4
Romancing The Old West


Chapter 5
1st Horses, Sheep & Cattle

Chapter 6
The Role of theSaddle

Chapter 7
Cowboy Music

Chapter 8
Vaquero Clothes


Chapter 9
Vaquero Cuisine


Chapter 10
The Relationship of the Spanish
 Knight of the Middle Ages,
 the Cowboy and
the modern Social Worker

Chapter 11
Vaquero/ Cowboy Lingo

Chapter 12
Current Historical Events and
 Personal Perspectives


BIBLIOGRAPHY


Copyright by Donald A. Gilbert y Chavez, publisher. All rights reserved Except for New Mexico Public Schools, no part of this publication or its images may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to Donald A. Gilbert y Chavez, P.O. Box 1351, Belen, NM 87002


Contact Author – Donald Gilbert Y Chavez via e-mail at rehtaf1@lycos.com.

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