La Mar, Bud

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Books (2)

Cover of The Bar Act

The Bar Act

La Mar, Bud (author)
Doubleday, Doran & Co. (in Short Stories Magazine) • September 25, 1928
Keywords: Western short story, rodeo fiction, trick riding, cowboy competition, vintage Western, Texas rodeo, 1920s Americana, Western humor, rodeo history, cowboy rivalry

At the first major rodeo of the season in Cowtown, Texas, trick rider Leonard Carter announces a mysterious new stunt—the Bar Act—sending his competitors into a frenzy of speculation and espionage. As hungry cowboys vie for prize money that means the difference between eating and starving, Carter's rivals will stop at nothing to uncover his secret before the final performance. In a world where innovation can make or break a career, one spectacular trick threatens to upend the entire competition. But in the unpredictable arena of the rodeo, even the most carefully laid plans can go awry in the most unexpected ways.

Cover of Buckin’ the Air

Buckin’ the Air

La Mar, Bud (author), Hoban, Frank (illustrator)
Short story • The Consolidated Magazines Corporation (in Blue Book Magazine) • 1929
Keywords: western comedy fiction, cowboy adventure story, early aviation humor, rodeo riders tale, Old West humor, vintage airplane adventure, comic Western novel, 1920s cowboy story, slapstick Western fiction, aviation frontier comedy

When two down-on-their-luck cowboys strike gold at a rodeo and receive a crooked judge's invitation to split prize money, their celebration lands them in hot water with the law. Fleeing an angry mob—led by a marshal wielding a pistol and a vengeful shopkeeper brandishing a mannequin leg—they hitch a ride that turns into their most dangerous adventure yet: a flight in a questionable airplane with dubious fuel reserves. A wild, humorous tale of Old West mischief colliding with early aviation.