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In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the native Hawaiian cowboys who traveled to Wyoming in 1908 to compete at the “world championships” of rodeo, overcoming prejudice to beat the greatest white cowboys at their own game and return home American legends.
On August 21, 1908, three young Hawaiians arrived at the Cheyenne rodeo grounds for the granddaddy of all
rodeo competitions: the Cheyenne Roundup. Few people took them seriously as competitors. This was Wyoming, after all, home to cattle men as rugged as the landscape they worked. But over the next four days, these Hawaiian cowboys—or paniolos—would shock the world, establishing a new record in steer-roping and riding out of town in a blaze of glory.
In Aloha Rodeo, David Wolman and Julian Smooth unspool a fascinating never-before-told tale that blends Americana and a rousing underdog narrative. Tracing the story of Ikua Purdy, the master steer-roper, and his compatriots—and delving as well into the histories of both colonial Hawaii and cattle ranching—they paint an indelible portrait of Hawaii and the American West in the early days of the twentieth century. Hawaii had in 1898 been annexed by the United States, much to its citizens’ chagrin; here was a chance to not only demonstrate their skill in a contest that white Americans thought they owned—but also to revise whatever prejudiced and simplistic narrative about Hawaiians may have been taking root in the minds of mainland Americans. Their victory would earn them legitimacy and gain the admiration of President Theodore Roosevelt (who was “astonished but very much pleased”) and the rest of the country.
Casting a new light on cowboys, the frontier, colonialism, and the nature of American identity, Aloha Rodeo recaptures a fascinating and long-forgotten chapter of American history.
Includes 25 pages of black-and-white photos.