Central Kansas Library System

Discusses the migration of people from the eastern part of America to the western frontier in the 1840s and the related origins of the cowgirl in the form of sharpshooters, outlaws, legislators, wranglers, and performers who helped settle the American West.

Examines the life of the Wild West heroine who was transformed into a legendary figure in the public mind.

Presents biographical sketches of eight women in rodeo competition and highlights the origin, events, and stock of these "roundups."

"I've written this book in hopes that its stories--and the incredible people they're about--will pull our country closer together through a shared history of the American West. In its own way the Wild West was a melting post every bit as much as the cities of the East Coast--and maybe even more so. While the American cowboy is, deservedly, a cultural icon and part of our national mythology, what many people don't know, is that a significant per\centage...