God of the Rodeo
Subtitle: The Quest for Redemption in Louisiana's Angola Prison
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: October 5, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780345435538
Subjects: Modern fiction; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; Customs & Traditions; Penology; United States - State & Local - General; Social Science / Customs & Traditions; Louisiana; Prisoners; Recreation; Rodeos
First sentence: WHEN HE HAD FINISHED WORK-BUILDING FENCE or penning cattle or castrating bull calves with a knife supplied by his boss on the prison farm-Johnny Brooks lingered in the saddle shed.