C is for Cowgirl
Hispanic vaqueros were the first cowboys, working in California and the American Southwest for a long time. The word buckaroo comes from a mispronunciation of vaquero by American cowboys.
This concept art for a children’s ABC picture book gives readers age 3-5 a glimpse of that world.
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