Mitchel P. Roth

Convict Cowboys: The Untold History of the Texas Prison Rodeo - North Texas Crime and Criminal Justice Series Mitchel P. Roth

This is the first book on the US's first prison rodeo, which ran from 1931 to 1986. Mitchel P. Roth portrays the Texas Prison Rodeo against a backdrop of Texas history, covering the history of rodeo, the prison system, and convict leasing, as well as important figures in Texas penology including Marshall Lee Simmons, O. B. Ellis, and George J. Beto, and the changing prison demimonde.