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When the subject of the West comes to mind most of the images tend
to be masculine. Tough men who worked as cowboys, trappers, lawmen
and hard-nosed businessmen. But women have also played a major role
in the West. Now, Gail Hughbanks Woerner shines the spotlight on
women who played major roles in rodeo, ranching, business and more.
Gail brings to life the women and their accomplishments that set
them apart and makes them unique. She has spent a lifetime
documenting the history of professional rodeo, but now tells
stories that are much more personal to her. During her career she
has had the opportunity to cross paths with and in some cases
become friends with women who have unique stories. She even has the
opportunity to tell the story of her pioneer great-grandmother. The
women coming from a wide variety of backgrounds and many have
overcome hardships that would stop most people. Their
accomplishments have come in a variety of fields, normally
dominated by men. Some succeeded in the rodeo arena, while others
found success in farming and ranching. Many of the women found
their success in the business world and even the movie industry.
Most of the women have similar strengths such as hard work,
determination and belief in family. But all of their stories are
unique and inspiring.
The story of the cowboy strike in 1936 at the Boston rodeo is a
well-known bit of rodeo history. It is also no secret that the
Cowboys' Turtle Association was the forerunner of the Rodeo Cowboys
Association and today's Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. But
Gail Hughbanks Woerner charts new territory by telling the whole
story about how professional rodeo got it's start. From the men and
women who were the pioneers to the behind the scenes struggles to
keep the dream alive.
The most important tool for a cowboy is a rope. What he has done
with it in the last 200 years is amazing. The evolution of the
cowboy from taking care of cattle on the range to his competitive,
top-level professional roping is all covered here. Why did calf
roping replace steer roping? What kind of rope is best for each
roping event? Since ranch cowboys have been team roping forever,
why has it just become so popular? What makes a good roping horse?
The answers to these questions and many more are in these pages, as
are the stories and lives of ropers, and some of their mounts, from
every era. As J. Frank Dobie once said, ?Facts are stubborn
things.??but they do make a good read!
Author Gail Woerner used her life-long association with the rodeo
world to research and write a history of this paradoxical
profession that requires a laugh-getter dressed in baggy britches
and wearing a clown face to put his life in jeopardy to protect
cowboys from the dangerous Brahma bulls, and sometimes death. All
aspects of the world of the rodeo clown are included -- how the
profession began, comedy acts created by the rodeo clowns, the
animals they trained so masterfully, the evolution of the
profession. Other aspects include bullfighting, development of the
barrel, injuries which are a part of the job, frustrations in
organizing, a cowboy clown's role in the world of rodeo, how
sponsors changed the profession, how specialized the bullfighter
has become and today's fearless funnymen. Information has been
gathered from hundreds of rodeo clowns, bullfighters and barrelmen,
plus interviews with wives, sons and daughters, friends and
co-workers. Included are more than 700 rodeo clowns, their
hometowns along with the years of performance. Other information
includes honors and awards given these hilarious risk-taking
heroes.
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