The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale

For sixty years, the Miles City bucking Horse Sale has helped keep Western traditions alive. Begun as a way for local ranchers to get rid of "spoiled" and unruly ranch horses, the Sale today has grown into a four-day celebration of rodeo, ranching, arts, and culture. Every year, thousands of people from all over the country converge on this small city in eastern Montana. The actual auction of bucking horses and bulls remains at the heart of the event, but the Bucking Horse Sale has become a celebration of all aspects of Western Life. In The World Famous Miles City bucking Horse Sale, author Sneed B. Collar III helps this Western celebration come alive. Through extensive interviews, spectacular photographs, and an action-filled blow-by-blow account of the festivities, the author gives readers a ringside seat to this iconic event. Through his meticulous research and descriptions, he guarantees that the only thing better than reading this book is going to the Bucking Horse Sale itself.

Sneed B. Collard III has written more than fifty books for young people, and was the 2006 winner of the prestigious Washington Post-Children's Book Guide Nonfiction award for his body of work. His well-known nonfiction titles include The Prairie BuildersùReconstructing America's Lost Grasslands; ShepùOur Most Loyal Dog; Teeth; and Reign of the Sea Dragons. His newest mystery, The Governor's Dog Is Missing will be available from Bucking Horse Books in 2011.