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23) Hard luck cowboy
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""If he's found guilty, it won't be jail, it'll be prison," said the sheriff. "He actually might be lucky. If he'd stolen those horses seventy-five years ago, he'd be hung, right on the spot, probably without a trial." As Fred was being transported to the prison, he carefully observed the scenery on the way. He was depressed as he thought he wouldn't see the sagebrush, trees, mountains and desert for at least three years. He didn't make friends easily...
24) The roper
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"Roping had always held a fascination for him. Everywhere he went, he had a rope in his hands and was always throwing the rope at something. After a time, he wasn't missing too many throws, whether it was at sagebrush, a post or a moving object, like a calf. Quite often, as a small child, he would get the lariat wrapped around his legs and trip himself, much to the amusement of his parents, But he soon learned to control the rope, and it didn't end...
25) Bull rider
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When his older brother, a bull-riding champion, returns from the Iraq War partially paralyzed, fourteen-year-old Cam takes a break from skateboarding to enter a bull-riding contest, in hopes of winning the $15,000 prize and motivating his depressed brother to continue with his rehabilitation.
27) Rodeo
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Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Reviews the history of the rodeo, looks at rodeo equipment and livestock, and describes various rodeo events.
28) Rodeo clowns
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the dangerous profession of being a rodeo clown, its origin with the early Wild West Shows, and their important job of protecting bull riders.
29) Horse thief
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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In 1938, with the help of a lady doctor and an aging, card-cheating, dice-rolling horse thief, a seventeen-year-old orphan steals thirteen horses from Chickalookee, Florida's doomed rodeo, and finds a family in the process.
30) Calf roping
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes calf roping.
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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Sue Ann wants to be the next world's champion barrel racer. She has just graduated from high school and believes she is good enough to make it to the National Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. Along the way, she encounters many obstacles and setbacks. She discovers that it takes more than just being a good barrel racer.
32) Horses That Buck
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Pub. Date
2008
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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.
This biography puts readers in the saddle to experience...
34) Bareback riding
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book is an introduction to bareback riding, describing its history, rules, rigging, marking out, spurring action, and scoring.
35) Sun kissed
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Kendrick/Coulter/Harrigan series volume 7
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When her champion quarter horses are poisoned, Samantha Harrington, the insurance beneficiary, becomes the prime suspect and, with rumors circulating that she is guilty, finds the one person who believes in her innocence, local veterinarian Tucker Coulter.
36) Bull riding
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"My First Rodeo introduces readers to the rules, excitement, and tradition of the rodeo"--
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Blacktop cowboys volume 5
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Tanna Barker is a world champion barrel racer, but her personal life is less of a success. Now a rodeo injury has left the restless spitfire holed up in Muddy Gap, Wyoming, unsure what her next move should be. August Fletcher always put his job as a vet first, but when sassy, sexy Tanna blows into town, he finally finds the woman of his fantasies. How can Fletch prove that he's in it for the long haul, and that their sizzling relationship is better...
39) Bull riding
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Describes the dangerous profession of being a bull rider.