The First Stampede of Flores LaDue

The True Love Story of Florence and Guy Weadick and the Beginning of the Calgary Stampede

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The love story of rodeo promoter Guy Weadick and trick roper Flores LaDue began among the rough-and-tumble vaudevillians preserving the frontier way of life in the first Wild West shows. Their love endured through North American performances in the small-time and big-time circuits to the audiences of Europe and culminated in 1912 with the most spectacular of accomplishments—the establishment of the greatest outdoor show on earth, the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede. That was one hundred years ago, and this is their story.
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  • Touchstone | 
  • 224 pages | 
  • ISBN 9781451609332 | 
  • June 2012
$19.99 List Price

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