{"product_id":"2940016209678","title":"ABOUT ... RODEO ... TO GET YOU STARTED","description":"The sport of rodeo is finally coming into its own.  What started in some unknown rancher's back pasture a relatively few years ago as an informal competition without rules, officials or payoffs is now a multi-million dollar sport.  For example, bull riding is still a recognized and respected rodeo event, along with bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, calf roping, team roping, steer wrestling and barrel racing.  However, a few years ago some rodeo competitors each put up a few dollars (some of it borrowed and started the separate, still-growing sport of Professional Bull Riders.  Recently, ownership of PBR changed hands at a reported price of a hundred million or so dollars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRODEO! the Dalhuron Monograph is intended to serve two purposes:  It makes for an interesting evening's read, regardless of any thoughts about rodeo or any connection to it.  Then, it introduces the reader to many aspects of present-day rodeo, with some history thrown in, together with sources of information, rodeo publications, rodeo organizations, rodeo personnel, rodeo practices, a bit of sex, some comedy and a few pertinent comments from a mythical Joe Roughstock (\"Nothing that walks the face of the Earth is better than a good rodeo bullfighter; nothing the good Lord lets live is worse than a bad one.  There isn't any in-between.\")","brand":"Ken Forrester","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074433138928,"sku":"2940016209678","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016209678_p0.jpg?v=1763949726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016209678","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}