Convict Cowboys Volume 10
The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Published:31st Aug '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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, the prison system, and convict leasing, as well as important figures in Texas penology.
At its peak, 30,000 locals would travel to Huntsville on a Sunday afternoon to see the stars (Johnny Cash, John Wayne, Steve McQueen) and watch the death-defying acts by those who had (almost) nothing to lose." - Houston Press
"Roth’s narrative is at its best when he is telling the true tales of prisoners who rode wild animals, jumped out of airplanes, [and] risked their lives for money tied to the horns of bulls." - Texas Books in Review
ISBN: 9781574418484
Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 30mm
Weight: 634g
448 pages