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2) Cowboys
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Briefly describes the clothing cowboys wear; their duties on the ranch, range, and roundup; and their recreation at rodeos.
5) Pecos Bill
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A retelling of the tall tale about Pecos Bill, who was raised by coyotes, and how he grew up to become a cowboy.
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"The term "Wild West" brings to mind certain images: cowboys, settlers, gunfights, and outlaws. But the American West wasn't always as wild as popular images and stories often suggest, and its famous heroes were sometimes its villains (and vice versa). In this informative volume, young readers will learn facts that bust the myths of the Old West, bringing a more realistic and diverse angle to tales of cowboys and Indians repeated in books, TV shows,...
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""Black Heroes of the Wild West" celebrates the extraordinary true tales of three black historical figures in the Old West: Mary "Stagecoach" Fields, a cardplaying coach driver; Bass Reeves, the first black Deputy US Marshall west of the Mississippi; and Bob Lemmons, a cowboy famous for his ability to tame mustangs"--