Book excerpt: Meet some of the cowboys who live & work in Arizona's smallest county on the border with old Mexico. Master photographer, Carter Allen, with some 40 years of experience in capturing personalities on film, offers stunning Duotone portraits of vaqueros who love their cattle, horses & this incredible land. Get to know the beauty of Arizona's Santa Cruz County, located in the Sonoran Desert with it's mesas, towering mountains, & tree-dotted canyons. This handsome coffee-table edition contains biographies accompanying each photo & is presented in the true western tradition. The cowboys range in age from 33 to nearly 90 years & are fascinating character studies of 20th century ranch life. Many are artists as well--sculptors, silversmiths, painters, leathersmiths, & musicians. The book contains an original song by Bruce Andre, a cowboy balladeer, dedicated to three late legendary cowboys from the Huachuca Mountains. It documents the history of some of ranching's heroes in southern Arizona & will become a collector's item. Some 750 copies were sold in only three weeks after the December 1996 printing. This outstanding first edition will be a sell-out! To order contact: Carter Allen Photography, 6700 E. Territory Dr., Tuscon, AZ 85750. 520-577-2870.