LET 'ER BUCK : A STORY OF THE PASSING OF THE OLD WEST; (with Fifty Illustrations Taken from Life by the Author and Others)
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Paste on photo of bucking rodeo pony with rider astride. A bit of shelfwear to boards, and moderate rubbing to extremities to front board, several corners nudged. Fore-edge untrimmed. Several leaves toward rear unopened. Fifty black and white photographs. 242 pp. with tables and Tips to the Tenderfoot, 3 pp. advertisements to rear. Good Plus. Item #85355
Charles Furlong's account of Eastern Oregon's famous Pendleton Round-Up, covering a 4 year period from 1913 to 1917. Furlong wanted to educate the "blase, effete, lily-livered youths" of America about the values of an "honorable physical contest" -- the rodeo. "Roping, racing, and relays, by cowboys, Indians, and cowgirls ; steer roping, maverick races, steer bulldogging ; riding bucking horses, steers, bulls, buffaloes, and cows ; stagecoach racing, Indian ceremonial and war dances, trick riding, mounted tug of war, the grand parade, and that wonderful finale, the wild horse race...," (text).
Price: $75.00