rodeos

Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay.

Discusses the rodeo events that some children participate in, from sheep riding, goat tying, and barrel riding, to calf roping, and bareback bronco and bull riding, with information on required Western dress and practice techniques.

An introduction to rodeo calf and steer roping that discusses what they are, how the events are run, riders, horses, and the history of roping.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduces early readers to the rodeo, and details what it takes to be a bull rider, describes the history of professional bull riding, and introduces some noteworthy riders.

Photographs with text capture the world of the cowboy and rodeos.

Explores the origins and development of bull riding as a rodeo event, discussing the rules, the training, the judging, and the animal and human stars.

Eighteen-year-old John must confront his own sexuality when he goes to rodeo school and finds himself strangely attracted to an older boy who is smart, tough, complicated, gorgeous, and gay.

An account of the author's year spent on the American rodeo circuit documenting the struggles and life of the rodeo cowboy.

Chronicles the life and career of African American rodeo cowboy Bill Pickett.

Thirteen-year-old Monica and her friend Chloe meet a young cowboy and his friends while on a trip to Kansas City with Monica's stepfather.