Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo - North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series - Mitchel P. Roth - Books - University of North Texas Press,U.S. - 9781574416527 - July 28, 2016
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Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo - North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series


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This is the first book on the US's first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. Mitchel P. Roth portrays the Texas Prison Rodeo against a backdrop of Texas history, covering the history of rodeo, the prison system, and convict leasing, as well as important figures in Texas penology including Marshall Lee Simmons, O. B. Ellis, and George J. Beto, and the changing prison demimonde.


464 pages, 50 black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released July 28, 2016
ISBN13 9781574416527
Publishers University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Pages 464
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   753 g

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