Rodeo American

The working cowhand of old was a dusty laborer, but today's rodeo performers can hone their skills before small-town crowds and be stars in urban coliseums.Historian Kristine Fredriksson follows the evolution of rodeo from the range to Buffalo Bill's Wild West to the extravaganzas in modern times.

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever.

Cole Martin was exceptional. The tall, blonde, sexy rodeo king, every girl in the audience wanted to go home with him. And he chose me, the curvy black girl with outsized dreams for her small town life. But it turned out, Cole had a secret so big it could change everything. Suddenly, everything I thought I knew about the world was turned on its head and Cole had an offer to make me...

Can't get enough of survival stories? This one deserves a top spot in your pile! THE I ESCAPED SERIES DOESN'T JUST HOOK READERS -- IT CREATES THEM. What we do differently: We drop you straight into the most intense moment from page one, then backtrack to show how our characters got there - all while weaving in true facts that make you feel like you're running on the streets of Pamplona. "A suspenseful survival series based on famous historical events. Verdict: excellent." - School Library Journal Fifteen-year-old Zack is an American teen on vacation in Spain when he accidentally steps ...

There is nothing hotter than a sexy cowboy who knows what he wants. In this sizzling two book bundle, these hot cowboys want a man to call their own, and they'll show him just how hot man-on-man action can be. The stories: 1. Falling For The Rodeo King 2. A Ride On His Stallion: The Gay Cowboy's Lover Warning: Hot gay cowboys ahead. Adult readers only.

Dr. Will Romine leaves a successful academic career. Cynical, disillusioned, and unanchored he goes on the tramp as a gypsy medical generalist in the rural American West. For 16 days in January he covers the clinic at the world’s largest cattle seed stock expo, the National Western Stock Show. He has a secret that gnaws at him. He wants to write a book, but struggles with “about what?” At the National Western he finds inspiration in a remarkable seed stock bull. It is owned by a reclusive billionaire. The disappearance of the Bull sets off speculation of “how” and “why.” Over ...

Rodeo is a dangerous and painful performance in which only the strongest and most skilled riders succeed. In the popular imagination, the western rodeo hero is often a stoic white man who embodies the toughness and independence of America’s frontier past. However, marginalized people have starred in rodeos since the very beginning. Cast out of popular western mythology and pushed to the fringes in everyday life, these cowboys and cowgirls found belonging and meaning at the rodeo, staking a claim to national inclusion.

His stubbornness had cost him time with the people he loved but also the land which ran through his veins. Now, he was home and though his loved ones were gone the land wasnt and no one was going to take it from him! Not even the lovely woman who made his anger flair, his heart race and his arms want to wrap around her and never let her go.

Two years ago, Josey Starr lost her husband. She’ll be damned if she loses her ranch too. The wolves are after her cattle, and someone is out for her land. Josey knows she needs help, but she doesn’t want it from Hawk Marlow. She trusted him once and vowed to never again. She’s better off alone, isn’t she? Hawk thinks he’s just checking his investment, but he has invested more than he realizes. The land he acquired, by default, belongs to “the one that got away.” Hawk has something to prove: old flames never die, they just burn hotter on the Second Strike.

Enjoy this sweet cowboy book by small-town romance author Erin K. Wright… He won’t allow anyone to run roughshod over his heart again… The rodeo circuit gave cowboy Dawson Blackhorse an escape after his racist boss destroyed every one of his dreams, making it clear no man who was part-Navajo would buy his ranch or court his daughter. But when the rodeo unexpectedly brings Dawson to the tiny mountain town of Sawyer, Idaho, he comes face to face with everything he lost. She’s never been able to forget the man who abandoned her... The quiet life Chloe leads is shattered the day Dawson ...