Black Cowboys of Texas Texas Accompanied by his wife

Accompanied by his wife

crafted by Navajo artist Terry Martinez

in the turbulent 1880s

which shapes how he views his upbringing in Utah

readers will encounter the full range of Pletka’s oeuvre through more than eighty color reproductions of his best-known and most influential works

Black Cowboys of Texas Texas Accompanied by his wifeIn the early days of Texas, the work of the cowhand was essential to the newly arrived settlers building a life on the frontier. The story of the Anglo cowboys who worked the ranches of Texas is well known, but much more remains to be discovered about the African American cowhands who worked side by side with the vaqueros and Anglo cowboys. The cowboy learned his craft from the vaqueros of New Spain and Texas when it was the northern territory of