I swear, rodeo is more of a slice of Western Americana than apple pie, and this book packs it all in. “Cody” Bill Smith is rodeo personified. In this biography, Margot Kahn describes the life of the rodeo cowboy in the 1960s, and how tough it was for him to compete and, ultimately, win, sharing how his steady notes about the horses helped him throu

September 2008
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
- Unbridled Cowboy (Nonfiction)
- High Noon
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Vol. III
- The Phantom Empire
- Runaway Horse Reined in
- Amazing Girls of Arizona (Children’s Book)
- Unbridled Dreams (Fiction)
- Val Kilmer Returns
- The Training Ground (Nonfiction)
- Patterson: A Western Duo (Fiction)
- The Legacy of the Mastodon (Nonfiction)
- Horses that Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (Nonfiction)
- Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree (Nonfiction)
- Survival Along the Continental Divide (Nonfiction)
- Black Women in Texas History (Nonfiction)
- Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers (Nonfiction)
- Wolves at Our Door (Fiction)