Last Go Round

by Kesey, Ken; Babbs, Ken

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1994. From the Publisher 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 cleared, everyone knew they'd witnessed something extraordinary. Kesey has journeyed back into Oregon history to reclaim this long-remembered moment, beefed up the bare bones of fact, and whipped them into a full-blown rip-snorting Tale of the True West.. ISBN: 0670848832. FIRST EDITION. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. AMERICAN FICTION FICTIONAL WORKS AUTHOR.

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As a child, Ken Kesey heard the story of the "last go round" at the Pendleton Roundup in 1911, where three cowboys rode for the first world broncobusting prize: George Fletcher, a popular black cowboy; Jackson Sundown, a Nez Perce Indian; and Jonathan E. Lee Spain, a white kid from Tennessee. Kesey, along with Ken Babbs, has turned this legend into a novel that includes characters such as Buffalo Bill Cody, Frank "the Crusher" Gotch, Prairie Rose Henderson, a medicine man named Parson Montanic--as well as 16 pages of photographs from the era.