9780062836014 - aloha rodeo: three hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the american west von wolman, david; smith, julian (5 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 256 pages. The triumphant true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who crossed the Paci fic to shock America at the 1908 world rodeo championshipsOregon Book Awa rd winner * An NPR Best Book of the Year * Pacific Northwest Book Award finalist * A Reading the West Book Awards finalistGroundbreaking…. ? A must-rea d. . An essential addition. ?True WestIn August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to com pete in the world?s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his c ousins Jack Low and Archie Ka?au?a had travelled 4,200 miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test themselves against the toughest riders in the West. Dismiss ed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the native Hawaii ans would astonish the country in this incredible underdog story, returning home champions?and American legends.An unforgettable human drama set agains t the rough-knuckled frontier, David Wolman and Julian Smith?s Aloha Rodeo uns pools the fascinating and little-known true story of the Hawaiian cowboys, or pa niolo, whose 1908 adventure upended the conventional history of the American Wes t.What few understood when the three paniolo rode into Cheyenne is that t he Hawaiians were no underdogs. They were the product of a deeply engrained catt le culture that was twice as old as that of the Great Plains, for Hawaiians had been chasing cattle over the islands? rugged volcanic slopes and through thick tropical forests since the late 1700s.Tracing the life story of Purdy an d his cousins, Wolman and Smith delve into the dual histories of ranching and co wboys in the islands, and the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Cheyenne, ?Holy.
