01214cam a2200229 4500 381694928 TxAuBib 20190501120000.0 190227|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062836007 HRD 27.99 0062836005 HRD 27.99 TxAuBib Wolman, David/ Smith, Julian. Aloha Rodeo : Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West. 368 p. In 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world's greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikula Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka'au'a had traveled four thousand miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test themselves against the toughest riders int he West. Dismissed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the native Hawaiians would astonish the country, returning home champions - and American legends. Back Cover Adult. 20190501. Cowboys. Rodeos. Hawaii.