Convict Cowboys Volume 10

The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo

Mitchel P. Roth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2021
University of North Texas Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-57441-848-4 (ISBN)

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Rhe first book on America's first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. At its apogee the Texas Prison Rodeo drew 30,000 spectators on October Sundays. Mitchel 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 figures in Texas penology.

Convict Cowboys is the first book on the nation’s first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. At its apogee the Texas Prison Rodeo drew 30,000 spectators on October Sundays. 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.

MITCHEL P. ROTH is co-author of Houston Blue: The Story of the Houston Police Department (UNT Press) and author of Fire in the Big House: America's Deadliest Prison Fire. He is professor of criminal justice and criminology at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.09.2021
Reihe/Serie	North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series
Verlagsort	Denton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	634 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-57441-848-3 / 1574418483
ISBN-13	978-1-57441-848-4 / 9781574418484
Zustand	Neuware