Rodeo Queens: On The Circuit With America's Cowgirls Fiction_Gift_Guide Fully aware that coverage of

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I’m knocked flat with admiration for this splendid novel

a moving memoir that offers perspective

Hiking around Lake Chiemsee admiring the soaring peaks of the Bavarian Alps

Rodeo Queens: On The Circuit With America's Cowgirls Fiction_Gift_Guide Fully aware that coverage ofRodeo has always been considered a supremely masculine sport, a rough and tumble display of macho strength and skill. But author Joan Burbick shows us the other side of rodeo: the world of rodeo queenspart cowgirl and part pageant princesswho wave and smile and keep the dream of the ideal Western woman alive. So who are the women behind the candy red chaps, Farrah Fawcett curls, and rhinestone tiaras? Burbick traveled the backroads of the rural West