Blacktop Cowboys: Riders on the Run for Rodeo Gold

Blacktop Cowboys: Riders on the Run for Rodeo Gold

Blacktop Cowboys chronicles the 2004 rodeo season through the eyes of several steer wrestlers trying to make it back to rodeo's version of the Super Bowl, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas.
Â Â Steer wrestling is an adventure that entails riding into an arena at 25 mph, sliding off a horse while taking hold of a 500-pound steer, and then throwing the animal to the ground. The best cowboys often accomplish all this in less than four seconds. The two main characters of Blacktop Cowboys are Luke Branquinho, a young carefree cowboy on a quest for his first title, and his best friend, Travis Cadwell, a veteran trying to make the NFR one last time.
Â Â Â Â Much ofÂ Blacktop CowboysÂ unfolds in trucks, trailers, arenas, behind the chutes, casinos, beds and everywhere else cowboys spend their time. By taking the reader deep into the cowboys' lives, Blacktop Cowboys offers a true and intimate portrait of men having the time of their lives while living on the road in pursuit ofÂ the dream to be the best.
Country USA
Brand Thomas Dunne Books
Manufacturer Thomas Dunne Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2006-10-31
EANs 9780312330361

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