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Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories From History by Tricia Martineau Wagner
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547530 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories From History
Author: Tricia Martineau Wagner
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses—men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story. When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West—industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions. A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history.
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By thebookvoice.comPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547530 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Black Cowboys of the Old West: True, Sensational, and Little-Known Stories From History
Author: Tricia Martineau Wagner
Narrator: Allyson Johnson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 4 hours 35 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horses—men lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out. White men, as Hollywood remembers them. What is woefully missing from these scenes is their counterparts: the black cowboys who made up one-fourth of the wranglers and rodeo riders. This book tells their story. When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West—industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions. A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history.