Charreada
Subtitle: Mexican Rodeo in Texas (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
Contributors: Al Rendon (Photographer); Francis Edward Abernethy (Editor)
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781574411553
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Animal spectacles; Customs & folklore; Equestrian & animal sports; Ethnic studies; Photographs: collections; Manners And Customs; Rodeo; Sports & Recreation; Sociology; Rodeos; Pictorial works; San Antonio; Texas
First sentence: The self sufficient Spanish conquistador-rancher-hacendado who brought the wild new land of America under his control, who branded the cattle and horses and made them his, who (far separated from Madrid and Ciudad Mexico) made his own laws and enforced them-this man became the Mexican who loved the land and its soil and he loved the spirit that he had made.