Rodeo History

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    • Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West
    • By: David Wolman, Julian Smith
    • Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
    • Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 05-28-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 90 ratings
    • In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever....

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    • Lessons from the Heartland
    • By: Kristi Noem
    • Narrated by: Kristi Noem, Charity Spencer
    • Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 722 ratings
    • South Dakota governor Kristi Noem tells her rough and tumble story of growing up on a ranch, and how a blessed life of true grit taught her how to lead....

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    • How the West Was Fabulous
    • By: Brenna Farrell, Zakiya Gibbons, Ellen Horne
    • Narrated by: Niecy Nash-Betts
    • Length: 3 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 05-30-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • Stories of "The American West" often rely on tired tropes of tough cowboys, but real history is much less straight and narrow and way more interesting.

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    • The Western Legacies Series
    • By: Margot Kahn
    • Narrated by: Wilford Brimley
    • Length: 6 hrs
    • Release date: 11-27-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • When asked in an interview what he most liked about rodeo, three-time world champion saddle-bronc rider “Cody” Bill Smith said simply, “Horses that buck.” Smith redefined the image of America’s iconic cowboy. Determined as a boy to escape a miner’s life in Montana, he fantasized a life in rodeo and went on to earn thirteen trips to the national finals, becoming one of the greatest of all riders....

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    • Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West
    • By: Rebecca Scofield
    • Narrated by: Jenn Lee
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 11-29-22
    • Language: English
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    • Rodeo is a dangerous and painful performance in which only the strongest and most skilled riders succeed. In the popular imagination, the western rodeo hero is often a stoic white man who embodies the toughness and independence of America’s frontier past.

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    • US History Books | Children's American History
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Frank Block
    • Series: Children's American History
    • Length: 10 mins
    • Release date: 07-01-21
    • Language: English
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    • Cowboys are not new characters. They're shown even in cartoons and other kid-friendly movies. But the true cowboys of America have an undeniably interesting story....

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    • The Life of the Legendary Rodeo and Wild West Show Performer
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Jim Johnston
    • Length: 1 hr and 17 mins
    • Release date: 10-12-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The Wild West made legends out of many men and women through the embellishment of their stories, but it was Buffalo Bill Cody who truly brought the Wild West to life and provided the images that people still associate with the 19th century West today....

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    • By: Peter L. Scamardo II
    • Narrated by: Katte Noel
    • Length: 39 mins
    • Release date: 10-18-22
    • Language: English
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    • Galveston, Texas. 1897. A booming town on the gulf at the tail end of the Gilded Age. Sarah Brooks spends her days among the young ladies of the city, enjoying the pleasures of the gulf from the luxurious Seaside Hotel....

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