Author: Rosamond Norbury. Published by Whitecap Books, Vancouver, BC., 1992, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada by Friesens, Altona, AB., Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with front/back cover curl, and a small sticker inside front cover. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 11 x 8.5 inch, 107 pages.
BEHIND THE CHUTES, The Mystique of The Rodeo Cowboy, is the record of the rodeo cowboy's legendary lifestyle, filmed in close-up and behind the scenes.
The commentary accompanying the author's splendid pictures has a laconic air about it that suits Norbury's subject perfectly; if you were to ask her whether she enjoys her work, the answer would probably be a simple "Yep." Behind the Chutes reveals the large cast of characters at a rodeo, from the daring clowns who distract the bull long enough for a downed cowboy to run to safety to the "buckle bunnies," or the rodeo groupies, who congregate in "the real social centre, the area behind the arena where the horse trailers and campers are parked."Β
