Convict cowboys : the untold history of the Texas Prison Rodeo /

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Convict Cowboys is the first book on the nation's first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. At its apogee the Texas Prison Rodeo drew 30,000 spectators on October Sundays. Mitchel P. Roth portrays the Texas Prison Rodeo against a backdrop of Texas history, covering the history of rodeo,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roth, Mitchel P., 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
Colección:North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 10.
Temas:
Texas. > Department of Corrections > History.
Texas Prison System > History.
Texas. > State Penitentiary at Huntsville > History > 20th century.
Texas. > Department of Corrections
Texas Prison System
Texas. > State Penitentiary at Huntsville
Texas Prison Rodeo > History.
1900-1999
Prisoners > Texas > Huntsville > Social conditions > 20th century.
Prisoners > Recreation > Texas > Huntsville > History > 20th century.
Prisonniers > Texas > Huntsville > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Prisonniers > Loisirs > Texas > Huntsville > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Prisoners > Recreation
Prisoners > Social conditions
Huntsville (Tex.) > History > 20th century.
Texas > Huntsville
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Texas prisons: a pattern of neglect
  • A cowboy's a man with guts and a hoss
  • The Simmons years (1930-1935)
  • The only show of its kind in the United States (1936-1939)
  • The war years (1940-1946)
  • A sad state of affairs (1947-1949)
  • The West as it ought to have been (1950-1953)
  • Outlaw vs. outlaw (1954-1959)
  • The fund just appeared footloose and fancy free (1954-1960)
  • The Texas Prison Rodeo goes Hollywood (1960-1964)
  • That's more bull than I'd like to ride (1965-1969)
  • Huntsville Prison blues (1970-1979)
  • The last roundup (1980-1986)
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix I: Texas Prison Rodeo timeline
  • Appendix II: Top hand winners.

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