Josi's Buffalo Hunt by Marc Simmons

Josi's Buffalo Hunt by Marc Simmons

Based on actual events, José's Buffalo Hunt is the true story of an eleven-year-old boy and his first participation in the annual buffalo hunt on the Llano Estacado in 1866.

José Arrellanes lived with his parents and his older brother Pablo in the hamlet of San Miguel, on the Pecos River in northern New Mexico. Like their neighbors, the family farmed, raising corn, beans, chile, and onions. Each fall they traveled to the Texas Panhandle to bring down the buffalo, or cíbolas, and carry the meat back to their village so everyone would have plenty to eat during the long, cold winter.

This beautifully illustrated book brings to life a world where people travel by ox cart and where wolves trot beside them across the empty plains. The ciboleros dress in buckskins and are on friendly terms with the Comanches. A classic tale of a boy's initiation to manhood, this story has been an oral tradition in the Arrellanes family for almost a century and a half.

Ages 6-12 years; reading level grade 4

Simmons, Marc: - Historian and author Marc Simmons has received many awards for his research and writings on the American Southwest. He is known for his ability to ferret out true but little-known episodes in New Mexican history such as those recounted in this fascinating book. He is the author of many books including Turquoise and Six-Guns: The Story of Cerrillos, New Mexico, Stalking Billy the Kid: Brief Sketches of a Short Life, New Mexico Mavericks: Stories from a Fabled Past, Charles F. Lummis: Author and Adventurer, and, with Frank Turley, Southwestern Colonial Ironwork: The Spanish Blacksmithing Tradition from Texas to California, all published by Sunstone Press.

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ISBN 13	9780826333155
ISBN 10	082633315X
Title	Josi's Buffalo Hunt
Author	Marc Simmons
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press
Year published	2003-09-30
Number of pages	64
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.