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Chasing The Rodeo
by Stratton, W. K
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151010722
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010721
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, Brace, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Ed., 2nd Ptg. Subtitled, "On Wild Rides And Big Dreams, Broken Hearts And Broken Bones, And One Man's Search For The West". 326 pp. Bright, crisp, tight and clean - as is dust jacket. Unread.
Synopsis
From its roots as the quintessential Western pastime, rodeo has grown to an international, prime-time television sport. Steeped in tradition and the independent spirit of the range, aspiring cowboys and cowgirls are called to its high-stakes, rough-and-tumble fame as they risk their lives for eight seconds of triumph. In Chasing the Rodeo W. K. Stratton follows this quest for one season of the pro rodeo and bull-riding tours. He explores the history of the chutes -- from rodeo's disputed origins (Prescott, Arizona, or Pecos, Texas?) to its current skyrocketing popularity. But out on the trail Stratton finds more than calf-roping and unrideable bulls, uncovering a culture complete with myths, codes of honor, million-dollar purses, Cowboy Church, and the kinds of legends that make good stories unforgettable. Just such a story emerges here as Stratton tells of his runaway "rodeo bum" father --Cowboy Don -- whose specter haunts his travels on the circuit. As he learns more about the life that proved too seductive for his father to abandon, Stratton fills in a portrait of the man he never knew but whose legacy he couldn't help but inherit. Filled with cowboy longing and rodeo dreams, this is a tribute to the characters of the West -- Freckles Brown, Lucille Mulhall (the first cowgirl), Wild Bill Hickock, Lane Frost, and today's superstars like Jesse Bail. In the great tradition of Wallace Stegner and Ken Kesey, W. K. Stratton fashions an expansive tale out of the gritty reality of the life around us. Chasing the Rodeo is a bucking, riveting, glorious ride -- you'll want to hang on for the whole go-round.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Texas Star Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007311
- Title
- Chasing The Rodeo
- Author
- Stratton, W. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151010722
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010721
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cowboy Life and Literature;
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