Tales of the Vegas
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In the late 1950s, 16-year-old Scooter moved from South to West Texas to manage his family's border farms. He dealt with Corriente cattle, Chupacabras, floods, and border conflicts, all while finishing high school and leading braceros and vaqueros.
Tales of the Vegas - A SYNOPSIS
In the late 1950s, sixteen-year-old Scooter was transplanted from the quiet, normal life of a teenager in South Texas to the wilds of West Texas to manage his family's largest farms and ranches on the Rio Grande along the Texas-Mexico border. These lands were known as vegas in Spanish.
Never did he imagine he would spend endless hours on horseback working cattle-mean Corriente cattle! Nor did he foresee being stranded overnight along the Rio Grande or battling the legendary Chupacabra. Not to mention racing floodwaters to save the herd, regularly avoiding being trampled or skewered by the cattle, being attacked by avispa, and quelling a border war. Or being the patrón and overseeing braceros, vaqueros, and pastores, and along the way finishing high school.
Raving Reviews!
It’s pretty fascinating to hear about what this part of Texas was like in the 1950s, and author Vernon Reaser Jr proves more than capable of telling us all about it. The period details are many, and they’re quite convincing. Scooter proves to be an engaging individual to spend some time with, and this-coming-of-age story is just as memorable and imaginative as anything Mark Twain or Laura Ingalls Wilder ever wrote.
~ Steven Max Finkelstein
