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High, Linda Oatman

Tenth Avenue Cowboy

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. After his family moves to bustling New York City, Ben longs for the home out West that they left behind. He forms a bond with the Tenth Avenue Cowboys, who gallop alongside the city's railroad tracks to warn of approaching trains. The text is straightforward, and the somber oil paintings capture the tone and spirit of New York in 1910. Glos.

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