Pre-Owned Horses That Buck: The Story of Champion Bronc Rider Bill Smith (Volume 5) (Western Legacies) (Hardcover) 0806139129 9780806139128

9780806139128. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 194. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 194 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Western Legacies, 5. This biography puts readers in the saddle to experience the life of a champion rider in his quest for the gold buckle. Drawing on interviews with Smith and his family and friends, Margot Kahn recreates the days in the late 1960s and early 1970s when rodeo first became a major sports enterprise. She captures the realities of that world: winning enough money to get to the next competition, and competing even when in pain. She also tells how, in his career's second phase, Smith married cowgirl Carole O'Rourke and went into business raising horses, gaining notoriety for his gentle hand with animals and winning acclaim for his and Carole's Circle 7 brand.