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Bill Pickett, bulldogger, the biography of a Black cowboy, by Bailey C. Hanes ; with a foreword by Bill Burchardt

Label
Bill Pickett, bulldogger, the biography of a Black cowboy, by Bailey C. Hanes ; with a foreword by Bill Burchardt
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bill Pickett, bulldogger
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
2632780
Responsibility statement
by Bailey C. Hanes ; with a foreword by Bill Burchardt
Sub title
the biography of a Black cowboy
Summary
The story of Willis M. Picket, "Bill" to thousands of thrilled awe-struck spectators and to the men who followed in his bulldogging footsteps, is at last told, probably as well as it ever will be
Table Of Contents
Foreword / Bill Burchardt -- Preface -- Prologue -- A star is born -- The years in Taylor -- Pickett goes professional -- Long live the bull -- The Mexican fiesta -- The show on the road -- South American and British tours -- A new era in rodeos and wild West shows -- Too old but still dogging -- Life and a new 101 Show -- End of a cowboy and an era -- EpilogueIllustrations: Bill Pickett about 1908 -- Bill Pickett, bulldogging with his teeth -- Bill Pickett and two of his brothers, 1890s -- Advertisement of Pickett Brothers Broncho [Bronco, Bronc] Busters Association -- Lee Moore of Rockdale, Texas, who managed Bill's first public exhibitions of bulldogging -- Bill Pickett grabs a steer with his teeth, Cananea, Mexico, 1906 -- Bill Pickett throws up his hands to signal he is the victor -- The 101 Ranch store and office building -- Tom Mix as he looked when he was employed on the 101 Ranch and appeared with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show -- Bill Pickett, dogging at Phoenix, Arizona, in May, 1905 at the old fair grounds -- Bill Pickett and his brothers after the turn of the century -- The bit used by Pickett on his horse, Spradley, in his attempt to dog a Mexican fighting bull in Mexico City, December 23, 1908 -- Bill Pickett, about 1908 -- The White House on the 101 Ranch -- Bill Pickett with Joe Miller -- Bill Pickett on his dogging horse, Croppie -- Six cowgirls of the 101 Ranch -- An advertisement for the 101 Ranch Wild West Show -- Cattlemen's Carnival, Garden City, Kansas, 1916 -- The 101 Ranch Wild West Show performers, New York, 1928 -- Probably the last picture of Bill Pickett. He loved cigars and red shirts -- Colonel Zack T. Miller, youngest of the three Miller brothers, and the last to try to salvage the 101 Ranch -- Walton Lewis, Bill Pickett's saddle buddy and friend in the early 1930's -- Bill Pickett's grave
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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