Rain or Shine: A Family Memoir

Cy Taillon was the molasses-voiced king of rodeo announcers. When he died in 1980, newspapers in the West canonized him as the dean of rodeo and compared him to John Wayne. A reformed rake, handsome and charming and flashy, he was also difficult, often more lovable to the public than to his family. In the thirties he married a spitfire dancer from Arkansas who changed her name from Nedra Ann to Patricia, and they hit the road in pursuit of stardom.

Their daughter, Cyra, grew up on the rodeo circuit, traveling all over the West with her free-spirited, hell-raising parents, often eating hamburgers and sleeping in the Packard. She was the mascot, dressed in cowboy gear in spite of her father, who wanted her to look like Shirley Temple. Rain or Shine is the story of Cyra's complex relationship with her parents and eccentric relatives. She looks back with pride, regret, and humor on family life spent and misspent in the gaudy, gritty world of rodeo.

Author: Cyra McFadden
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 01/01/1998
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.35w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9780803282414
ISBN10: 0803282419
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts

About the Author
Cyra McFadden, who lives in San Francisco, is the author of The Serial, a bestselling parody of life in Marin County, California.

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