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This riveting expose reveals how a distorted belief in Anglo
superiority necessitated the rewriting of American western history,
replacing heroic images of Mexican and Spanish cowboys with
negative stereotypes. Early Anglo settlers in the Old West crafted
negative images of Latinos in part to help justify the takeover of
land occupied by Mexicans and Spaniards at the time. Unfortunately,
these depictions were perpetuated throughout the 20th century in
art, popular culture, and media ... eventually reshaping the
narrative of the American West to the exclusion of the non-Anglo
people. This book contrasts dominant lore with historical reality
to provide a broad overview of the history and contributions of
Latinos in the Old West. Author D. H. Figueredo sets out to debunk
the myths and falsehoods of the American West by chronicling the
cultural perceptions that led to such historical inaccuracies.
Through spellbinding accounts, chapters address such topics as the
legends behind the caballeros, Mexican culture in the Old West, and
the search for cities of gold in the Southwest. Arranged
chronologically and thematically, the book examines how popular
culture diminished the role of the Mexican vaqueros and illustrates
how the image of the Anglo cowboy became the iconic symbol of the
Old West. Introduces topics unfamiliar to most readers, such as the
role of Spanish-Mexican Jews, the presence of the Spanish
Inquisition in the United States, and the real Yellow Rose of Texas
Reveals the duplicity of la leyenda negra to illustrate prejudices
of the time Traces the development of stereotypes such as the Black
Legend, banditos, greasers, Zorro, the Cisco Kid, and "loose
women," and how these characterizations came to depict Latinos in
the Old West in the popular imagination Documents Latinos'
participation in the conquest of the territory west of the
Mississippi
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