The Ride:
The Improbable Life of Freckles Brown, a Bull Named Tornado,
and the Most Historic Eight Seconds in Rodeo
Paperback
290 pages • 6 x 9 inches ISBN 9781681793856 Suggested Retail $24.99 Hardback ISBN 9781681793863 Suggested Retail $34.99 |
Rodeo immortality dangled in front of the beloved, veteran bull rider Freckles Brown like a sack of gold on that frigid December night at the National Finals Rodeo in 1967. The forty-six-year-old former world champion had been granted one opportunity to forever — and against all odds — be remembered as the first cowboy to ride the “unrideable” Tornado or forever wonder what might have been. Either way, Freckles now stood moments away from forever.
The Ride captures the heartbeat of the man and the moment in this profoundly moving historical narrative that will leave readers in suspense. For what happened next would forever be etched in rodeo history and lore . . . Author Bio
Ron J. Jackson, Jr. is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist who has been writing professionally for 40 years. He is the author of six books, including the ground-breaking Joe the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend (2015) – winner of The Philosophical Society of Texas Award of Merit for nonfiction – Fight to the Finish: “Gentleman” Jim Corbett, Joe Choynski, and the Fight that Launched Boxing’s Modern Era (2019); and Bebes and the Bear: Gene Stallings, Coach Bryant, and Their 1968 Cotton Bowl Showdown (2019).Jackson is also a regular contributor for several magazines, including Colorado Life, Utah Life, Nebraska Life, and Maui No Ka Oi, and was among the reputed stable of contributors who wrote for the prestigious Wild West magazine. In addition, he is a proud member of the Western Writers of America, is a frequent guest on national podcasts, and has worked as a consultant for History Channel. |
