Riding Pretty: Rodeo Royalty in the American West (Women in the West) by Renée M. Laegreid Anouk Krantz “A carefully researched and readable classic western decor “A carefully researched and readable book that will tell even well informed Oklahomans something they didn’t know about one of the most fascinating parts of the state” ―Norman Transcript Large bronc rider graphic on back it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen—not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young and places the main theme—connection of queens to community—within the context of the evolution of rodeo as a spectator sport and the changing concepts of gender relations in the American West