Rodeo has always been considered a supremely masculine sport, a rough and tumble display of macho strength and skill. But author Joan Burbick shows us the other side of rodeo: the world of rodeo queens–part cowgirl and part pageant princess–who wave and smile and keep the dream of the ideal Western woman alive. So who …
Whether you’re a seasoned cowhand or a greenhorn dreaming of taking that first big pack trip, Bunkhouse Built: A Guide to Making Your Own Cowboy Gear is the book for you. Chockful of hand-drawn illustrations and step-by-step directions, this handy how-to covers just about everything a cowboy needs to do the job and do it right.Drawing on his …
Cowboys, Gamblers & Hustlers: The True Adventures of a Rodeo Champion & Poker Legend
This inside looks at the early glory days of hold’em, playing in smoky backrooms with legends such as Titanic Thompson and Doyle Brunson. Get a look at vintage Las Vegas when Cowboy’s friend, Benny Binion ruled Glitter Gulch and ride along with the road gamblers as they faded the white line from Dallas to Shreveport to Houston in …
Ride along through the great northern plains of America and Canada as a young Native American bull rider fights for an identity separate from the lifestyle of the poverty stricken reservation conditions he grew up in to become a Bull Riding Champion of the Great Plains Indian Rodeo Association. Get a look at the current state …
An enormous red cow and a 20-foot-tall cowboy have long welcomed all who arrive at the Cowtown Rodeo and Flea Market. In the 1920s, Amos Howard Harris was auctioning automobiles in a livestock town. Realizing he needed to appeal to the locals, he and his son began hosting weekly livestock auctions and inviting local merchants to attend and …
Invaluable advice for both beginning cutters and more experienced riders looking to improve their competing skills. The cutting horse’s instinct for isolating a single cow from the herd has become the basis for a major spectator sport. Every year, people from all walks of life are drawn to hundreds of arenas around the country to compete for prizes …
Cowboys, Gamblers and Hustlers: The True Adventures of a Rodeo Champion and Poker Legend
Master story teller Cowboy Wolford, who passed away in 2003, has preserved a major part of the histories of poker and rodeo in this fast-moving and colorful account of his adventures on the pro rodeo circuit from 1950-1960, followed by his exploits on the pro poker “road” circuit from 1960-1990. Nobody tells a better story than the ol’ …
Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (The Western Legacies Series)
When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider “Cody” Bill Smith said simply, “Horses that buck.” Smith redefined the image of America’s iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner’s life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the …
While blacks have played an important roleas explorers, scouts, Indian consorts, soldiers, cowboys, farmersin the exploration, conquest, and settlement of the American West, they have received scant attention from the chroniclers of the pageant of western development.Few of rodeo’s early heroes matched the achievements of the black cowboy Bill Pickett, and his story is recounted here for the …
Cowgirls: Early Images And Collectibles (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
The saga of the American cowgirl, unlike that of the cowboy, is not well-chronicled, but their history is as appealing as it is colorful. The First Ladies from the Great American West live again in this comprehensive pictorial chronicle. Many of the photos are printed here for the first time. Detailed captions provide the reader with rodeo lore, …