Bill Pickett: African-American Rodeo Star

by Carl R. Green and William R. Sanford

Book Overview

Bill Pickett urged his horse forward chasing after the speedy steer. Like an acrobat, Pickett jumped onto the steer's back, grabbing it by the horns. In the same motion, he twisted the steer's neck up... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894906763
• ISBN13: 9780894906763
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 10

Customer Reviews

Lily's rewiew

Bill Pickett is the greatest book because it is shows about an afrian american thats wants to be a cowboy. The problem is that he is afrian american. Then he show the cowboy that he could do it. When he did the stunt everyone was suprised. When he grew up. He was very famous as an rodeo.

Great Job

This book tells about how Pickett, the oldest of 13 children, invented his technique of catching a steer by the horns, twisting its head up, and clamping its upper lip with his teeth until the steer toppled over. Pickett went on to become the first African-American to be inducted into the National Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. This story was very inspiring to me. I enjoyed reading about Pickett's life and the illustrations were wonderful as well. The author chose to write this book to inspire people (children). It is defiantly written for struggling readers but would keep a fluent reader very entertained. This would be a great book to use to do a lesson on Black History month.