The Rodeo and Hollywood

<p> At rodeos in the 1940s, Gene Autry sang and jumped his horse, Champion, through a flaming hoop. In 1960s rodeo arenas, Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker acted out a skit from their hit television show <I>Bonanza</I>. In the same era familiar rodeo personalities like Hoot Gibson and Slim Pickens could be seen in movies or television shows.</p><p> This book profiles performers who crossed over between film studio and rodeo arena when Hollywood and the rodeo circuit wer