Explains the history of the rodeo, important rodeo people, and different kinds of rodeos.

Explains the history of rodeo steer wrestling. Equipment and techniques, famous riders, animals, records, venues, and championships are highlighted.

Collection of photographs and essays documenting the charreada rodeo tradition and its history in Texas.

Excerpt from El Rodeo, 1923 George Finley Bovard, actuated by high and unselfish -motives of true Christian leadership, accepted the responsibility of chief administrator of the University of Southern California at a time when, to human view, its future seemed doubtful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.