I just love this type of history! What a read! Cowboys are the icon of Western Americana, and rodeos are pure Cowboy ropin’, stompin’, buckin’ American sporting competitions. Stratton begins with his own childhood rodeo stories and moves through the various rodeo venues, including Cheyenne, Prescott and Oklahoma City. Along the way, he conjures up old memories such as a great movie called Junior Bonner and recounts legends like Larry Mahan, with a style that puts the reader in the momen

March 2006
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- All Aboard for Santa Fe
- WILD OPEN SPACES: WHY WE LOVE WESTERNS
- CHASING THE RODEO
- GOLD! The Story of the 1848 Gold Rush and How it Shaped a Nation
- SEEING YELLOWSTONE IN 1871
- THE TOUGHEST GANG IN TOWN
- Nimrod: Courts, Claims, and Killing on the Oregon Frontier
- DANCING WITH THE GOLDEN BEAR
- SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE, COWBOY STYLE
- Sunset Limited
- Arizona’s Apache Country
- SNAKE DANCE
More In This Issue
- Voice for Freedom
- Was Mike Williams an Abilene, Kansas, deputy at the time of the gunfight between Wild Bill Hickok and Phil Coe?
- What can you tell me about U.S. Army scout Al Sieber?
- “A Glorious Sight to See”
- Trailing John Wesley Powell
- Leadville, Colorado
- Hardy as Bears
- America’s Best Train Experience
- Train Towns
- Can you tell me more about Bill Miner, whose life story is the basis for the Canadian film The Grey Fox?