#aloha rodeo

[joeyvintage]

Neon Hawaii

[magicpelagic]

Just another day thinking about how the paniolo had to wrestle wild cows, avoid lava traps, and wrestle sharks to get their cattle to boats

[juniorcaptain]

Historical non-fiction covers: Black & white or sepia-toned photo of the subject on a black or beige cover with white text, maybe some Art Deco line art along the edges

Aloha Rodeo:

[bigtickhk]

'Aloha Rodeo' Offers Alternative To The Cowboy Cliché

Journalists David Wolman and Julian Smith chronicle the history of Hawaii's cattle trade and profile a number of "paniolos" — every bit as tenacious and resourceful as their mainland cohorts.

Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West by David Wolman and Julian Smith https://amzn.to/2IV3qli

[parsleysagerosemarytimemachine]

'Aloha Rodeo' is coming out in May (I got an ARC from work) and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an interesting bit of nonfiction -- it's about Hawaiian cowboys, their ranching tradition, and how they came to win the Cheyenne rodeo at the beginning of the 20th century. For a short book, there's a lot here; it covers Hawaii's history as a colonized nation, how it adapted to the introduction of cattle and the impositions of other countries, the mythologizing of the 'Wild West' and how rodeos were a display and adaptation of cowboy culture, imperialism, racism, as well as just the difficulties of managing angry cattle in tropical forests and lava fields. It also does a great job of capturing the excitement and energy of the rodeo shows, without ever seeming like it's sensationalizing the history there. Even if you're not looking for this particular bit of history, I'd recommend checking it out -- it's a quick read, and a lot of fun just to discover a new corner of things I hadn't known about.

The card's fairly straightforward here; it's Blue because they came from Islands, they've got Horsemanship (which is also amusing as it's an ability that's a historical curiosity that we don't see around any more), and they can wrangle and hogtie an enemy.