Tom, a former piano student from a famous music conservatory, is far removed from the rugged world of cowboys, bucking bulls, and rodeos. Yet, with a headful of songs and a guitar -- and an itch to move around -- that is precicely where Tom lands:, as an entertainer on the rodeo circuit. But playing guitar in front of crowds of drunken cowpokes and cowgirls is far different than the situation in which he finds himself now -- on the back of a wild and wirey, half-brahma-half-buffalo bucking bull. A monstrous, freak of a bull ...
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Tom, a former piano student from a famous music conservatory, is far removed from the rugged world of cowboys, bucking bulls, and rodeos. Yet, with a headful of songs and a guitar -- and an itch to move around -- that is precicely where Tom lands:, as an entertainer on the rodeo circuit. But playing guitar in front of crowds of drunken cowpokes and cowgirls is far different than the situation in which he finds himself now -- on the back of a wild and wirey, half-brahma-half-buffalo bucking bull. A monstrous, freak of a bull that no-one has ever succesfully ridden. Meanwhile, the tiny, rough talking, Kathy Lee, a sexy rodeo queen, has taken a keen interest in Tom and won't take no for an answer. How could he know he would soon find himself chasing her kidnapper, a jealous suitor, across the desolate, unforgiving hill country? Written by "Deucalion" author Cecil Johnson, Iron Butterflies is a wonderful, nostalgic romp through the golden hey-days of American rodeo.
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