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1) 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...
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1994
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For more than a hundred years, American cowboys made their living through the skilled use of horse and rope. Whole libraries have been devoted to the horse, but no one, until now, has written a thorough study of the origins and evolution of ranch roping - which differs from arena roping as practiced by rodeo cowboys. Author/cowboy John Erickson studies ranch roping; and the endless debate between those cowboys who rope "hard and fast" and those who...