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1) Rodeo cowboys in the North American imagination

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Allen, Michael

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Wilbur S. Shepperson series in history and humanities

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University of Nevada Press

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[2021]

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Rodeo Reads

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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.8409 ALLEN 2021
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"In this study, historian Michael Allen examines the image of the rodeo cowboy and the role this image has played in popular culture over in the 20th century. He sees rodeo as a significant American folk festival and the rodeo cowboy as the surviving avatar of a nearly vanished authentic figure--the real cowboy, who embodies the skills and values of traditional western rural culture"--

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2) Aloha rodeo: three Hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

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Wolman, David

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AANHPI Heritage Month - Nonfiction
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978.719 WOLMAN 2019
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Traces the role of three Hawaiian cowboys who became champions at the 1908 Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, detailing how their careers influenced post-annexation Hawaiian identity, island ranching, and the rodeo culture of Cheyenne.

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