Download or read book The Cowboys' Turtle Association written by Gail Hughbanks Woerner and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the cowboy strike in 1936 at the Boston rodeo is a well-known bit of rodeo history. It is also no secret that the Cowboys' Turtle Association was the forerunner of the Rodeo Cowboys Association and today's Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. But Gail Hughbanks Woerner charts new territory by telling the whole story about how professional rodeo got it's start. From the men and women who were the pioneers to the behind the scenes struggles to keep the dream alive.