Description

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Read the true stories of eleven women who married prominent men of the rodeo. Some stayed at home to run ranches, work outside the home, and to raise children. Others went with their husbands on the rodeo circuit. A few were rodeo participants, themselves. Get a glimpse of rodeo life from the days of camping out in tents and sending telegrams to the age of traveling in luxury horse trailers with built-in living quarters and talking on cell-phones. Includes over 80 black and white photographs and an illustrated appendix about rodeo events. Also include a Table of Contents in the front and a Name Index in the back. Read about: Vicki Herrera Adams, Margaret Hart Deakins, Jo Ramsey Decker, Decie Nowlin Goodspeed, Jackie Smith McEntire, Donna Chasity McSpadden, Cleo Crouch Rude, Linda Ament Russell, Nell Truitt Shaw, Michelle Smith West, and Cassie Loegel Whitfield. Published by Dragonfly Publishing, Inc. www.dragonflypubs.com]

About the Author

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Judy Goodspeed, a graduate of East Central State College in Oklahoma, was a Junior High School teacher and coach for thirty years. She was a contributing writer for "The Wewoka Times" and has written articles for "Outdoor Oklahoma," "Good Old Days," and "The Ketchpen." She is a member of the Professional & Amateur Writers Society and the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc.