Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West
Language: English
Published by Harcourt, Inc,, Orlando, 2005
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Allen F. Wright, Wesley Chapel, FL, U.S.A.Allen F. Wright
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Condition: Used - Fine
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First printing (full letter line). The author "follows this quest for one seson of the pro rodeeo and bull-riding tours." The book has neither wear nor defects. No ownner's marks. The fragile paper dust jacket has a small hole at back flap crease. It has no trsars or wear. To prevent any further damage, I have installed a mylar book jacket cover. It improved the appearence, too. I will send the book to you well packed in a box.
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- Title
- Chasing the Rodeo: On Wild Rides and Big Dreams, Broken Hearts and Broken Bones, and One Man's Search for the West
- Author
- Stratton, W. K.
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc,, Orlando
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good or Better
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0151010722
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010721
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Americana
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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Allen F. Wright
Wesley Chapel, FL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since July 27, 1999
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