Yakima Canutt, John Crawford

My Rodeo Years

Memoir of a Bronc Rider's Path to Hollywood Fame

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Produktbeschreibung

Rodeo legend, actor and stuntman Yakima Canutt blazed a trail as a champion bronco buster and rode to fame as a collaborator with John Wayne, who claimed to borrow his on-screen persona from Canutt's real one. This autobiography relates Canutt's years on the rodeo circuit, and his roles in dozens of silent westerns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780786443895
• ISBN-10: 0786443898
• Artikelnr.: 26221823

Autorenporträt

The late Yakima Canutt was an Academy Award winner, and was inducted into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame, Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Joe Canutt     
Foreword by Charlton Heston     
Preface by John Crawford     
Introduction     
The Early Years     
The Rodeo Circuit     
Breaking Broncs for War     
Rodeos with C.B. Irwin     
The Lion's Share     
The World Championship     
Deep Sea Cowboy     
Back on the Circuit     
Tipperary's Only Defeats     
My First Trip to Texas     
Oklahoma     
St. Louis and Chicago     
Second Trip to Texas     
Hollywood     
The Devil Horse     
Audrea     
I Always Called Him Jonathan     
Off to Australia     
Melbourne     
Stagecoach     
Boom Town     
The Kids     
Appendix I: Poems of Yakima Canutt     
Appendix II: Filmography     
Index