Aloha rodeo : three Hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

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Aloha rodeo : three Hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

Title remainder

three Hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

Statement of responsibility

David Wolman and Julian Smith

Title variation

Three Hawaiian cowboys, the world's greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

Title variation remainder

three Hawaiian cowboys, the worlds greatest rodeo, and a hidden history of the American West

Creator

• trueWolman, David
• Wolman, David, (Journalist)

Contributor

• trueSmith, Julian, 1972-

Author

• Wolman, David, (Journalist)
• trueSmith, Julian, 1972-

Subject

• Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration), Cheyenne, Wyo. -- History
• trueHawaii -- Annexation to the United States
• trueNative Hawaiians
• Ranch life -- Hawaii -- History
• trueRanching -- Hawaii
• trueRodeos
• Rodeos -- Wyoming | Cheyenne -- History
• trueHawaii
• Cowboys -- Hawaii -- History
• trueCowboys -- Hawaii
• trueCheyenne, Wyoming

Language

eng

Summary

In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world’s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka’au’a had travelled 4,200 miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test themselves against the toughest riders in the West. Dismissed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the native Hawaiians would astonish the country, returning home champions—and American legends. An unforgettable human drama set against the rough-knuckled frontier, David Wolman and Julian Smith unspools the fascinating and little-known true story of the Hawaiian cowboys, or paniolo, whose 1908 adventure upended the conventional history of the American West

Writing style

• trueEngaging
• trueThoughtful
• trueWell-researched

Biography type

contains biographical information

Dewey number

978.7/19031

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

F769.C5

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult