Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West

Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West
by Dirk Johnson

Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West
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Author: Dirk Johnson
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2005-05-01
ISBN: 0803276249
Number of pages: 239
Publisher: Bison Books

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Book Review: True stories of rodeo life
Summary: 5 Stars

I was blown away by this book for 2 reasons: 1. I have rodeoed before and knew exactly what these guys (and families) go through; and 2) Dirk Johnson did not sugar coat anything, he did not make them out to be something they're not, nor did he "sell out" their stories as real life stories are done so many times in the entertainment industry. It's great to see that people actually take an interest in their lifestyle, profession, job or whatever you choose to call it. I highly recommend this book for the person who doesn't know the 1st thing about rodeo or for a veteran of the sport/profession.

Summary of Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West

To the fan, the rodeo cowboy is the distinctly American embodiment of the romantic Old West. But to the young men who live the profession, the realities are modest pay, continuous travel, and the constant threat of injury. While he was the Denver bureau chief of the New York Times, Dirk Johnson spent a year on the professional rodeo circuit with cowboys, watching them try to hang on to bucking horses and Brahma bulls—and to wives and livelihoods that seemed only one fall away from disappearing. Biting the Dust covers the circuit’s biggest events in Denver, the capital of the New West, to small towns on the Great Plains like McCook, Nebraska, where rodeo continues to thrive even as the population shrinks. Johnson takes the reader beyond sentimental visions of the rodeo cowboy and the American West and provides an unforgettable and authentic story of the rodeo today.

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