The latest issue of Saddlebag Dispatches
is now available. Dedicated to rodeo, this issue of the magazine includes three
contributions from me.
First is a cover story, “The Man Who Invented Rodeo.” It’s all
about Earl Bascom, whose inventions and improvements and developments back when
make modern rodeo what it is today. Bascom is enshrined in numerous
rodeo-related halls of fame recognizing his achievements. He was also an
accomplished artist.
My regular “Best of the West” column features Larry Mahan,
record-setting rough-stock rider and hero of my rodeo youth. Also included is a
poem about the struggles of rodeo wives left at home while their cowboys
struggle on the circuit. It’s titled “Nowhere Rodeo.”
Go online and take a look at Saddlebag
Dispatches, or order a printed copy of the big magazine. If
you’re a rodeo fan, you’ll be a fan of this issue.
