Melody Groves: 2 books
Ropes, Reins, and Rawhide
All About Rodeo
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
"Heart pounding, blood pumping, the cowboy nods, chute gate opens, and his world begins. Eight seconds of adrenaline rush. Eight seconds of gripping, pulling, and holding on. The animal under him bucks and twists attempting to dislodge the cowboy's seat but the rider sticks like glue. The buzzer sounds,...
Butterfield's Byway
America's First Overland Mail Route Across the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
John Butterfield's mail service connected the East and West Coasts in one of the great entrepreneurial and pioneering stories of the American West. Until 1858, California's gold fields were reached only by horseback, wagon or ship around Cape Horn. Congress decided a 2,800-mile, twenty-five-day stagecoach...