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Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy
by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Illustrator: Brian Pinkney)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (1996-10-01)
ISBN: 015200100X
EAN: 9780152001001
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 32 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 01894
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Ex-library copy with cover, stamps, and stickers, otherwise very good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This is the true tale of the feisty cowboy-child who became the most famous black rodeo performer who ever lived. A note about the history of the black West and a bibliography are included. “The text is fascinating, and the oil paintings on scratchboard are full of energy and motion, matching the book’s powerful mood.”--School Library Journal
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Amazon.com Review
Probably no other black cowboy has been as celebrated as Bill Pickett. A rodeo star, he has been honored with a postage stamp and has been the subject of a handful of books, including Bill Pickett, Bulldogger: The Biography of a Black Cowboy and Guts: Legendary Black Rodeo Cowboy Bill Pickett. Add to that list the children's book Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy by Andrea Pinkney. No matter how you feel about rodeo, it's hard not to admire Pickett, who was known to bring an unruly steer to its knees by taking a bite out of the animal's upper lip.
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