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The Bare-Toed Vaquero: Life in Baja California's Desert Mountains

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The Bare-Toed Vaquero: Life in Baja California's Desert Mountains - Marchand, Peter J
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Rarely visited by outsiders, the ranchers of the Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur live much as their ancestors have for the past two centuries. They raise goats and cattle and grow a magnificent variety of fruits, vegetables, and flowers. In this book a gifted photojournalist introduces us to individual ranchers and their families and describes their traditional practices and the ways they have adapted to twenty-first-century challenges and technological advances. Marchand's photographs and text are both ...

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The Bare-Toed Vaquero: Life in Baja California's Desert Mountains 2013, University of New Mexico Press

ISBN-13: 9780826353566

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