Chasing the Rodeo

Stratton, W.K.

ISBN 10: 0151010722 / ISBN 13: 9780151010721

Edité par Harcourt, N.Y., 2005

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If you read Ken Kesey's tale about the `Last Round-Up' in Pendleton, Oregon - you'll be pleased to see the coverage he gets here. If you know who Rod Hay, Casey Tibbs, Larry Mahan, and Dan Mortensen are - again you' ll be home in these 326, including INDEX, UNillustrated pages. Read more about : the Dusky Demon, bull-tailing, Lazy E Arena, Flipper Ellison, Freckles Brown, Leakey Texas, and Miller Brothers 101 Ranch. Cond : Boards are orangey with a rust-coloured spine band. Gilt lettering - spine only. D.J. is cream coloured with burgundy or rust-coloured lettering. D.J. graphic - colour photo is of a saddle bronc rider spurring a high-kicker hard. Volume and d.j. are both tight, bright and clean in ALL aspects. No names, marks, stains, creases ,nor tears. Decidedly giftable !! Quote (p.163) : " As for Lucille , she continued to dazzle crowds as the ` first well-known Cowgirl' with the Mulhall show through 1910, and she continued to amaze and frustrate male contestants against whom she competed in rodeos. She also gained a measure of notoriety when she killed a steer during a show at ._._._. ." Size: Octavo.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Chasing the Rodeo
• Éditeur: Harcourt, N.Y.
• Date de parution: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0151010722
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780151010721
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Cowboy and Western

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Synopsis

Book by W K Stratton

Présentation de l'éditeur

From its roots as the quintessential Western pastime, rodeo has grown into an international, prime-time television sport. Steeped in tradition and spirit, the rodeo calls aspiring cowboys and cowgirls to its rough-and-tumble fame as they repeatedly risk their lives for eight seconds of triumph. In Chasing the Rodeo, Kip Stratton takes us into the addictive core of bull riding and the circuit that has grown up around it. Immersing himself in the world of rodeo, Stratton collides with the specter of his runaway "rodeo bum" father, finding part of the cowboy dream that was his father's legacy.

As much a tribute to the famed characters of the old West-Freckles Brown, Lucille Mulhall (the first cowgirl), Wild Bill Hickok, Lane Frost-as it is a riveting look at today's superstars who are triumphantly rocketing the sport to NASCAR fan levels, Chasing the Rodeo is a bucking, riveting, glorious ride.