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

by Margot Kahn

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139129
• ISBN13: 9780806139128
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great

Very good book. The author writes as in a way that you can visualize the life and accomplishments of Bill Smith.

A carefully researched and engagingly presented biography

Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith is a carefully researched and engagingly presented biography of champion saddle bronc rider Bill Smith, who loved the wildness of horses that fought against being ridden. He broke more than a few bones following his passion, earning no less than thirteen trips to the national finals. When he was facing retirement in his thirties, he met schoolteacher and cowgirl Carole O'Rourke on the national rodeo circuit, and together they bought their own land upon which to raise horses. Gathering information from interviews, experience, and historical records, Margot Kahn gives an up close and personal look at the rodeo circuit in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and offers a captivating portrait of a man who truly embodied the spirit of the western frontier long after the west was won.