Voices From The Wild Horse Desert

Author : Jane Clements Monday,Betty Bailey Colley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292785465

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Voices from the Wild Horse Desert by Jane Clements Monday,Betty Bailey Colley Pdf

Founded before the Civil War, the King and Kenedy Ranches have become legendary for their size, their wealth, and their endless herds of cattle. A major factor in the longevity of these ranches has always been the loyal workforce of vaqueros (Mexican and Mexican American cowboys) and their families. Some of the vaquero families have worked on the ranches through five or six generations. In this book, Jane Clements Monday and Betty Bailey Colley bring together the voices of these men and women who make ranching possible in the Wild Horse Desert. From 1989 to 1995, the authors interviewed more than sixty members of vaquero families, ranging in age from 20 to 93. Their words provide a panoramic view of ranch work and life that spans most of the twentieth century. The vaqueros and their families describe all aspects of life on the ranches, from working cattle and doing many kinds of ranch maintenance to the home chores of raising children, cooking, and cleaning. The elders recall a life of endless manual labor that nonetheless afforded the satisfaction of jobs done with skill and pride. The younger people describe how modernization has affected the ranches and changed the lifeways of the people who work there.

Author : Betty Bailey Colley,Jane Clements Monday
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292712413

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Tales of the Wild Horse Desert by Betty Bailey Colley,Jane Clements Monday Pdf

This book sheds new light on the bravery, dedication, talents, and lifestyles of the vacqueros of the King and Kenedy Ranches.

Author : O. C. Marler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1888251360

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Wild Horse Desert by O. C. Marler Pdf

Author : Paul H Carlson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752496474

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Cowboy Way by Paul H Carlson Pdf

The lives of American cowboys have been both real and mythic. This work explores cowboy music dress, humour, films and literature in sixteen essays and a bibliography. These essays demonstrate that the American cowboy is a knight of the road who, with a large hat, tall boots and a big gun, rode into legend and into the history books.

Author : Susan Nance
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781770488168

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Ranching and the American West: A History in Documents by Susan Nance Pdf

The transformation of the American West is one of the key topics in the study of both US history and global environmental history. The role of ranching in the West is also central to the growing field of animal history. This volume covers the periods between the early Indigenous acquisition of horses in the eighteenth century, to the introduction of Hispanic horsemanship techniques and market cattle in the “Old West,” and finally to the work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century ranching families sustaining their ways of life. The documents in this volume reveal not simply the human past but also the distinct histories of cattle, horses, and the land. Readers will explore intersecting themes of capitalism and beef, environmental change, rural labor, and gender and racial politics as debated by westerners themselves, as well as the meaning and power of the cowboy myth in American life. The introduction incorporates recent scholarship and provides a fresh look at this key topic in American history, while informative headnotes and rich annotations help orient the reader within the historical sources.

Author : Susan L. Roberson
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781648430862

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Women across Time / Mujeres a Través del Tiempo by Susan L. Roberson Pdf

Sixteen South Texas women stand proudly in the public mural Mujeres a Través del Tiempo by Arnold Gonzáles Sr. housed on the campus of Texas A&M University–Kingsville. These women are pioneers; they are ranchers, educators, artists, politicians, and community activists; they are general and specific, known and unknown. Inspired by the mural, this study assumes the biographer’s task: to fill in the gaps of knowledge between the figures as seen and the lives they lived, with their trials and triumphs. Assembled by editor Susan L. Roberson, this collection features essays on the lives of the women who are depicted in the mural, women who live or lived in the South Texas region between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, particularly Kleberg, Kenedy, and Nueces counties. Situated near the boundary between Mexico and Texas, these women navigated more than geographic borders as they tested their place in economic, political, and artistic arenas long recognized as male domains. Taken together, these biographical sketches contribute to a revision and reimagining of the history of South Texas and provide a corrective to an Anglo-dominated history of the area by showing how Tejanas found places of leadership and creative outlets. By sketching the contributions of female students at Texas A&M University–Kingsville, the final essay brings the collection to the present and forecasts a future where opportunities for women extend beyond borders.

Author : Paula Morin
Publisher : University of Nevada Press
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780874176742

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Honest Horses by Paula Morin Pdf

Horses have been part of the American West since the first Spanish explorers brought their European-bred steeds onto the new continent. Soon thereafter, some of these animals, lost or abandoned by their owners or captured by indigenous peoples, became the foundation of the great herds of mustangs (from the Spanish mesteño, stray) that still roam the West. These feral horses are inextricably intertwined with the culture, economy, and mythology of the West. The current situation of the mustangs as vigorous competitors for the scanty resources of the West’s drought-parched rangelands has put them at the center of passionate controversies about their purpose, place, and future on the open range. Photographer/oral historian Paula Morin has interviewed sixty-two people who know these horses best: ranchers, horse breeders and trainers, Native Americans, veterinarians, wild horse advocates, mustangers, range scientists, cowboy poets, western historians, wildlife experts, animal behaviorists, and agents of the federal Bureau of Land Management. The result is the most comprehensive, impartial examination yet of the history and impact of wild mustangs in the Great Basin. Morin elicits from her interviewees a range of expertise, insight, and candid opinion about the nature of horses, ranching, and the western environment. Honest Horses brings us the voices of authentic westerners, people who live intimately with horses and the land, who share their experiences and love of the mustangs, and who understand how precariously all life exists in Great Basin.

Author : James Alexander Robertson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172145755420

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The Hispanic American Historical Review by James Alexander Robertson Pdf

Includes "Bibliographical section".

Author : Michelle Hall Kells,Valerie M. Balester
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Composition (Language arts)
ISBN : UCSC:32106017189082

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Attending to the Margins by Michelle Hall Kells,Valerie M. Balester Pdf

Attending to the Margins crosses regional, institutional, gender, rank, and racial lines, providing new insight into how best to teach traditionally excluded students.

Author : Deanne Stillman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780547526133

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Mustang by Deanne Stillman Pdf

“A fascinating narrative with all the grace and power embodied in the wild horses that once populated the Western range . . . [A] magnificently told saga.” —Albuquerque Journal A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old frontier, its iconic status in Buffalo Bill shows and early westerns, and its plight today as it makes its last stand on the vanishing range. With the Bureau of Land Management proposing to euthanize thousands of horses and ever-encroaching development threatening the land, the mustang’s position has never been more perilous. But as Stillman reveals, the horses are still running wild despite all the obstacles, with spirit unbroken. Hailed by critics nationwide, Mustang is “brisk, smart, thorough, and surprising” (Atlantic Monthly). “Like the best nonfiction writers of our time (Jon Krakauer and Bruce Chatwin come to mind), Stillman’s prose is inviting, her voice authoritative and her vision imaginative and impressively broad.” —Los Angeles Times “Powerful . . . Stillman’s talent as a writer makes this impossible [to stop reading], to the mustang’s benefit.” —Orion “A circumspect writer passionate about her purpose can produce a significant gift for readers. Stillman’s wonderful chronicle of America’s mustangs is an excellent example.” —The Seattle Times

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029370967

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The Texas Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cindy Shanks
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781504917100

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Whisper the Wild Horse by Cindy Shanks Pdf

Whisper is a wild horse who lives in the desert along the Salt River in Arizona. Soon after she was born, she became entangled in wire fencing. The author lifted her out and sent her on her way with her family. This book allows you to follow their friendship for the next three years as Whisper grows into a beautiful mare and introduces her new foal to her friend.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Desert animals
ISBN : UOM:39076002197270

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Wild Horses of the Red Desert by Anonim Pdf

Traces the season-to-season activities of a band of wild horses as they raise their young, evade enemies, and survive the rigors of their badlands home.

Author : Lorrin L. Morrison,Carroll Spear Morrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UVA:X006141724

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Journal of the West by Lorrin L. Morrison,Carroll Spear Morrison Pdf

Author : Brian Robertson
Publisher : Hidalgo County Historical Musuem
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS-
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173000212069

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Wild Horse Desert by Brian Robertson Pdf

Maps on lining papers/Bibliography/includes index.