Author: Stuart J. Murphy
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060557796
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Yee–hah! It's rodeo time! Bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, calf roping, the livestock show, the fiddling contest, and don't forget lunch –– how are Katie and Cameron going to fit it all in and still have time to help their uncle, Cactus Joe, with chores? By making a schedule, of course. But making a schedule and sticking to it turn out to be two very different things!

Author: W. K. Stratton
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780151010721
Category : Rodeos
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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W.K. Stratton chronicles one season of the pro rodeo and bull-riding tours, tracing the history of the rodeo and profiling some of its greatest riders and ropers.

Author: Joel H. Bernstein
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586857455
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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"Rodeos" presents a fascinating history of this Western American institution,rom its rugged beginnings on the ranch to today's very lucrativerofessional circuits. This book captures the mystique of the cowboy and hislace in Western folklore, from the early days when groups of cowboys fromeighboring ranches met to settle arguments over who was the best aterforming ranching tasks to the multi-million dollar prizes and endorsementswarded to professionals today. Experience first-hand the energy, electricity,nd exhilaration of the rodeo through stunning colour photography andintage illustrations that tell the stories of these courageous and athleticodeo characters, and highlights of important moments throughout rodeoistory.

Author: David Wolman
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062836021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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The triumphant true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who crossed the Pacific to shock America at the 1908 world rodeo championships Oregon Book Award winner * An NPR Best Book of the Year * Pacific Northwest Book Award finalist * A Reading the West Book Awards finalist "Groundbreaking. … A must-read. ... An essential addition." —True West In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world’s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka’au’a had travelled 4,200 miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test themselves against the toughest riders in the West. Dismissed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the native Hawaiians would astonish the country, returning home champions—and American legends. An unforgettable human drama set against the rough-knuckled frontier, David Wolman and Julian Smith’s Aloha Rodeo unspools the fascinating and little-known true story of the Hawaiian cowboys, or paniolo, whose 1908 adventure upended the conventional history of the American West. What few understood when the three paniolo rode into Cheyenne is that the Hawaiians were no underdogs. They were the product of a deeply engrained cattle culture that was twice as old as that of the Great Plains, for Hawaiians had been chasing cattle over the islands’ rugged volcanic slopes and through thick tropical forests since the late 1700s. Tracing the life story of Purdy and his cousins, Wolman and Smith delve into the dual histories of ranching and cowboys in the islands, and the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Cheyenne, “Holy City of the Cow.” At the turn of the twentieth century, larger-than-life personalities like “Buffalo Bill” Cody and Theodore Roosevelt capitalized on a national obsession with the Wild West and helped transform Cheyenne’s annual Frontier Days celebration into an unparalleled rodeo spectacle, the “Daddy of ‘em All.” The hopes of all Hawaii rode on the three riders’ shoulders during those dusty days in August 1908. The U.S. had forcibly annexed the islands just a decade earlier. The young Hawaiians brought the pride of a people struggling to preserve their cultural identity and anxious about their future under the rule of overlords an ocean away. In Cheyenne, they didn’t just astound the locals; they also overturned simplistic thinking about cattle country, the binary narrative of “cowboys versus Indians,” and the very concept of the Wild West. Blending sport and history, while exploring questions of identity, imperialism, and race, Aloha Rodeo spotlights an overlooked and riveting chapter in the saga of the American West.

Author: Jamie Lee Nudie
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN: 1586853813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 157

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Packed with photographs of clothing and the stars who wore them, Nudie the Rodeo Tailor chronicles the life of legendary Los Angeles clothier Nudie Cohn, creator of costumes for Elvis Presley, Cher, Elton John, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, John Lennon, Steve McQueen and Eric Clapton. Cohn changed the course of fashion history with everything from his famous sparkly G-strings to his $10,000 gold suit for Elvis.

Author: Mary Lou LeCompte
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068744
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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In this first substantial study of rodeo women, Mary Lou Lecompte surveys the early rodeo cowgirls' achievements as professional athletes, the near demise of women's rodeo events during World War II, and the phenomenal success of the Women's Professional Rodeo Association in regaining lost ground for rodeo cowgirls. Recalling an extraordinary chapter in women's history as well as the history of American sport, Cowgirls of the Rodeo contributes to a deeper understanding of the challenges facing women in the American West and in American sport.

Author: Robert Jackson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 9781477269046
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Introduction: "The Young and The Rodeo" is the tale of a journey that took me into the world of rodeo through the eyes and experience of the next generation of rodeo superstars, cowboys and cowgirls. It contains personal highlights and individual stories that help explain why rodeo continues to thrive in a modern, high-tech world of video games and smart phones. It is not a detailed examination of results, instead this is a view of the sport from the eyes of those that compete in it. It is also not a hard-news analysis, rather it is a look at what makes rodeo so special and why regional and community rodeo competitions designed for young people is a flourishing segment of the sporting world in the tri-state region of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. I will also introduce the reader to several amazing young people who love the sport and want to share that love so that others can understand why they feel the way they feel. Hopefully, you as a reader will discover what I discovered and understand why I have fallen in love with the sport - and those young people that keep it alive.

Author: Sarah Bird
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261693
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Sonja Getz of Dorfburg, Texas, who upon reaching her 30th birthday decides to go in search of her long-lost father. She shares this odyssey with reluctant partner Prairie James, a professional rope-twirler doing the second-rate rodeo circuit.

Author: Lynn Westland
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 147941798X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187

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Archie Lynn Joscelyn (1899 - 1985) was a 2012 Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee. Born in Montana, he spent most of his life in that state, penning hundreds of novels and short stories dealing with western life and adventure. King of the Rodeo was originally published in 1942.

Author: Amanda Renee
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373755082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Veterinarian Lexi Lawson has her hands full not only delivering foals at the Langtry ranch, but having to run into ex-beau Shane Langtry while on duty. Years ago he broke her heart and all of his interest has gone to the rodeo ever since. Lexi is harboring a dark secret, though, and she is eventually forced to share it and hope that at least their cordial friendship will remain intact.