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[Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs] ✓ Last Go Round: A Real Western ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Last Go Round: A Real Western Hundreds of riders were competing for the first World Championship Broncbusting title, but it was one special trio of buckeroos that provided the drama: a popular black cowboy, George Fletcher; a Nez Perce Indian cowboy, Jackson Sundown; and a fresh-faced kid from Tennessee name of Johnathan E. Kesey has journeyed back into Oregon history to reclaim this long-remembered moment, beefed up the bare bones of fact, and whipped them into a full-blown rip-snorting Tale of the True West. The tiny town
| Title | : | Last Go Round: A Real Western |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140176675 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. . From Publishers Weekly Based on a childhood campfire tale, Kesey and Babbs attempt to recreate the Old West in their story of a black cowboy, a Nez Perce Indian and a young white boy who vie for the first world title of broncbuster
Hundreds of riders were competing for the first World Championship Broncbusting title, but it was one special trio of buckeroos that provided the drama: a popular black cowboy, George Fletcher; a Nez Perce Indian cowboy, Jackson Sundown; and a fresh-faced kid from Tennessee name of Johnathan E. Kesey has journeyed back into Oregon history to reclaim this long-remembered moment, beefed up the bare bones of fact, and whipped them into a full-blown rip-snorting Tale of the True West. The tiny town of Pendleton is swollen to bursting that memorable weekend and bristling with colorful characters like Buffalo Bill Cody, wrestler Frank "The Cruel Crusher" Gotch, cowgirl Prairie Rose Henderson, and a formidable medicine man named Parson Montanic. It was around a sagebrush campfire in eastern Oregon that Kesey first heard the tale from his father - about the legendary "last go round" that took place at the original Pendleton Round Up in 1911. This story of love, sweat, and horseflesh is a un
Wait: that's all there is? Johannes Beta A quick read: a washed-up American goes to Saudi Arabia to wait, fruitlessly, for the King to come and approve of his product, though he hardly knows what it is. The book is over too fast. Eggers is a wonderful person and a great author, but this book feels pretty thin.. "Historical US Fiction Novel of the 1911 Pendleton Rodeo" according to SMCA. Historical US fiction. A young cowboy, Jonathan Spain, from Tennessee, travels by train to the Pendleton rodeo in the Pacific Northwest in 1911 and is befriended by two larger than life historical rodeo champions: Jackson Sundown, a dour Nez Perce Indian and George Fletcher, a fun loving negro. The story begins with the aging Spain attending the rodeo decades later, reminiscing about his days of glory years before when he was crowned champion in 1911. Ke. Not Kesey's best, but worthwhile all the same During an interview on Bravo TV's excellent series INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO, Dennis Hopper (an artistic, historical and spiritual brother of Ken Kesey) shared a brilliant anecdote illustrating the nature of art. While teaching a lesson on painting, Thomas Hart Benton told Dennis Hopper to "Think loose and paint tight".The late Ken Kesey's unique literary gifts and contributions lay in his incredible ability to "think loose and write tightly."In both of
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