"Blacktop Cowboys" chronicles the 2004 rodeo season through the eyes of several steer wrestlers trying to make it to the rodeo's version of the Super Bowl, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. This is a sport that requires a riding cowboy to fly out of a gate, jump off his horse, and pull a 600-pound calf down to the ground - and to do it well, this all takes less than five seconds. The main two characters of "Blacktop Cowboys" are Luke Branquinho, a young carefree cowboy on a quest for his first title, and his best friend, Travis Cadwell, an aging veteran trying to make the NFR one last time. "Blacktop Cowboys" offers a true and intimate portrait of men having the time of their lives while living on the road in pursuit of the dream to be the best.
- ISBN10 0312330367
- ISBN13 9780312330361
- Publish Date 31 October 2006
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 1 September 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Thomas Dunne Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English