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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith Volume 5

Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith Volume 5

Kahn, Margot

Paperback

Series: Western Legacies, Book 5

AthletesSports General

Publisher Price: $21.95

ISBN10: 0806148470
ISBN13: 9780806148472
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: Jan 14 2015
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider Cody Bill Smith said simply, Horses that buck. Smith redefined the image of America's iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner's life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the national finals, becoming one of the greatest of all riders.

This biography puts readers in the saddle to experience the life of a champion rider in his quest for the gold buckle. Drawing on interviews with Smith and his family and friends, Margot Kahn recreates the days in the late 1960s and early 1970s when rodeo first became a major sports enterprise. She captures the realities of that world: winning enough money to get to the next competition, and competing even when in pain. She also tells how, in his career's second phase, Smith married cowgirl Carole O'Rourke and went into business raising horses, gaining notoriety for his gentle hand with animals and winning acclaim for his and Carole's Circle 7 brand.

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