Fearless Funnymen: The History of the Rodeo Clown

By Gail Hughbanks Woerner

Book Overview

Author Gail Woerner used her life-long association with the rodeo world to research and write a history of this paradoxical profession that requires a laugh-getter dressed in baggy britches and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571682821
• ISBN13: 9781571682826
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Fearless Funnymen lauded by rodeo publisher

As a former rodeo clown and bullfighter, I was absolutely spellbound by this book. As a former editor of Rodeo News and current publisher of Texas Rodeo, I was impressed with its accuracy. As a professional journalist and amateur rodeo historian, I was excited to have it as reference material. As soon as I finished it, I decided I needed to meet the author, Gail Woerner, someday. The next year, we ran into each other anonymously at the Western Writers of America convention in Kerrville during a reception at the Cowboy Artists Museum. During the conversation, we figured out that we had similar intersts, and the moment I heard her name, I wouldn't let her get away for the rest of the evening. Woerner has documented much of the history of the early rodeo clown--history that is largely forgotten by most rodeo people and historians. If you want a wonderful insight into what early rodeo clowns were like and where they came from, this is THE book. It served as a main source for a historical article I did for Cowboys and Country magazine in the summer of 1998 (Rodeo Clowns: Tough Times 10). That article would not have been as good as it was if Gail Woerner had not done such a good job on the extensive research needed for a book like this.