Chasing the Rodeo

Stratton, W.K.

ISBN 10: 0151010722 / ISBN 13: 9780151010721

Published by 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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chasing the Rodeo
• Publisher: Harcourt, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151010722
• ISBN 13: 9780151010721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cowboy and Western

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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.

About the Authors

W. K. (KIP) STRATTON is a native of the Southwest. His journalism has appeared in GQ, Sports Illustrated, Outside, and Southern Magazine, among others. He now writes for the Dallas Morning News and lives in Austin, Texas.

W. K. (KIP) STRATTON is a native of the Southwest. His journalism has appeared in GQ, Sports Illustrated, Outside, Southern Magazine, and the Dallas Morning News. He lives in Austin, Texas.