Plains Folk: A Commonplace of the Great Plains
- ISBN-10
- 0806120649
- ISBN-13
- 9780806120645
- Category
- Farm life
- Pages
- 200
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Authors
- James F. Hoy, Thomas Dean Isern
Description
Beeson's practice arena was apparently the hangout of such early rodeo greats as Ben Johnson , Henry Grammer , Ike Rude , and Clay McGonigal . Will Rogers , also known to have some ability with a rope , once spent a day watching the ...
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- 1987
- 202 pages
- Paperback
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1987-x1990.
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- 1986
- 419 pages
- Paperback
- North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies at North Dakota State University
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