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WILD HORSE RIDER
PRICE: $15.00 Softbound
Lew Minor was a bronc-buster who chased wild horses across the vast
reaches of Nevada, a buckaroo who rode rough-string and broke cavalry
remounts, and a cowboy star who won rodeos throughout the West and
Canada. He toured the nation with the famous Kit Carson Wild West Show
as the featured attraction and won the world champion bronc rider belt
buckle at the 1912 Pendleton Round-Up.
Years were spent chasing
an elusive dream - finding the best bucking horse over the next ridge -
until a rodeo accident forced Lew's retirement. He settled down near his
birthplace and passed the years hunting, fishing and running a few head
of cattle.
At age 93 Lew was inducted into the Round-Up Hall of
Fame and for a fleeting moment he once again basked in the warm
accolades, and then they faded and he was home again with only memories
to sustain him. He was a throwback - a bronc buster trapped in the space
age - forgotten and friendless except for the companionship of one man
who refused to allow the legend o of Lew Minor ro die.