These Were The Vaqueros: Collected Works of Arnold R. Rojas Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been looking for a copy of this book for over a year, but since it was out of print all the books I found were very expensive. I was so glad to see this book was reprinted and at an affordable price. The book is full of great short stories and tons of history. It is hard to put down and I seem to laugh on a regular basis at some of the stories. If you have a horse, no matter what discipline, you should read this book.

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The book contains the collected stories of Arnold R. Rojas in five sections - based on five of his earlier works - withtales gathered from old California vaqueros. The first section tells the history of the early land grants and of the vaqueros who drove the great herds. The second section gives the lore of the vaquero - his ways and beliefs. Part three is filled with more stories from the vaqueros of old and how they worked their horses and mules. Part four tells more of the methods of the vaquero and section five speaks of bits and bitting and the ways of the bridle horse.