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Convict cowboys : the untold history of the Texas Prison Rodeo
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- Creator
- by Mitchel P. Roth
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2016]
- ©2016
- Physical Details
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- xi, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1574416529, 9781574416527, 9781574416619, 1574416618
- OCLC
- ocn948360921, ocn956919745
- This book "recounts the history of not just the prison rodeo, but also of the evolving prison system and the men and women who made its success possible."--ECIP Introduction.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Texas Prison Rodeo -- History.
- Prisoners -- Recreation -- Texas -- Huntsville -- History -- 20th century.
- Prisoners -- Texas -- Huntsville -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Texas. State Penitentiary at Huntsville -- History -- 20th century.
- Texas Prison System -- History.
- Texas. Department of Corrections -- History.
- Huntsville (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century.