God of the Rodeo

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Book Section
Creators & Publishers
Publisher
Crown Publishers, Inc.
Metadata
ISBN
0609601059
Collection
Part of Stetson Kennedy Library
Year
1998
Description

Daniel Bergner describes an increasingly contentious relationship between himself and Burl Cain, Warden of Angola Prison in Louisiana. Bergner, a freelance journalist, was attracted to Angola in 1996 by the prison's rodeo, an annual competition with a 32-year history that takes place over the four Sundays in October. Readers will learn something about the operation of old-style prison farms.