The First Stampede of Flores LaDue

Bryden, Wendy

Published by Simon & Schuster, Toronto, 2011

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` The true love story of Flores and Guy Weadick and the beginning of the Calgary Stampede '. 201 pages plus biblio. Two western show-biz characters came together in 1912 with four investors, most with ranching roots, to produce the first Calgary Stampede. Guy Weadick was a promoter and his wife Flores (a.k.a. Florence) was a fancy roper. Read more about : Alberta Hotel, Judge Bensel, Red Crow, cayuse, cowpokes, Dominion Exhibition, A.E. Cross, Herman Linder, Bar U Ranch, pantaloons, Bridle Bill, and Cyclone. Signed on the title page by the author and Lenore Bews Maclean the woman who inherited both the artifacts and the spirit of Flores LaDue. Cond : No tears, no marks, no flaws. No wear, no names. Tight, bright and clean ! ! Quote (p. 58) : " He looked at this tiny brunette who appeared to be no more than fifteen or sixteen with a mixture of surprise and admiration, and the look doubled after he saw what she could do with a rope. He knew that roping with two ropes was ._._._. ." Size: 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Stampede of Flores LaDue
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2011
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: B/W Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cowboy and Western