Category: Biography

Copyright/published Year: 2003 by Atria Books

ISBN: 0-7434-6371-4

Binding: Cloth

Description: The most famous rodeo champion of all time tells his amazing true ì story -- and opens a fascinating window into the world of the ì professional cowboy.

Ty Murray was born to be a rodeo star -- in fact, his first words ì were "I'm a bull rider." Before he was even out of diapers, he ì was climbing atop his mother's Singer sewing machine case, which ì just so happened to be the perfect mechanical bull for a ì 13-month-old. Before long, Ty was winning peewee events by the ì hatful, and his special talent was obvious...obvious even to a ì man called Larry Mahan. At the time the greatest living rodeo ì legend, six-time champion Mahan invited a teenaged Ty Murray to ì spend a summer on his ranch learning not just rodeoing but also ì some life lessons. Those lessons prepared Ty for a career that ì eventually surpassed even Mahan's own -- Ty's seven All-Around ì Championships.

In King of the Cowboys, Ty Murray invites us into the daredevil ì world of rodeo and the life of the cowboy. Along the way, he ì details a life spent constantly on the road, heading to the next ì event; the tragic death of his friend and fellow rodeo star Lane ì Frost; and the years of debilitating injuries that led some to ì say Ty Murray was finished. He wasn't. In fact, Ty Murray has brought the world of rodeo into ì the twenty-first century, through his unparalleled achievements ì in the ring, through advancing the case for the sport as a ì television color-commentator, and through the Professional Bull ì Riders, an organization he helped to build.

In the end, though, Ty Murray is first and foremost a cowboy, and ì now that he's retired from competition, he takes this chance to ì reflect on his remarkable life and career. In King of the ì Cowboys, Ty Murray opens up his world as never before.

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