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Last go roundKen Kesey, Ken Babbs

Last go round

Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs
1994272 pages
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It was around a sagebrush campfire in eastern Oregon that Kesey first heard the tale from his father - about the legendary "last go round" that took place at the original Pendleton Round Up in 1911. Hundreds of riders were competing for the first World Championship Broncbusting title, but it was one special trio of buckeroos that provided the drama: a popular black cowboy, George Fletcher; a Nez Perce Indian cowboy, Jackson Sundown; and a fresh-faced kid from Tennessee name of Johnathan E. Lee Spain. Who would walk away with the prize money and the silver-studded saddle? When the dust…

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5 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    The Last Go Round
    Pocket Books · 320 pages · 9781416526025
  • Other · English · 1995
    Penguin (Non-Classics) · 272 pages · 9780140176674
  • Other · English · 1995
    Tandem Library · 9781417703388
  • Other · English · 1995
    Black Swan · 316 pages · 9780552996211
  • Other · English · 1994
    Viking · 238 pages · 9780670848836
Western storiesFictionRodeosCowboysWesten (Verenigde Staten)New York Times reviewedOregon, fiction