Retired rodeo champ Abe Morris has been added to the line-up for Author's Day on Saturday, Aug. 18, noon-6 p.m. at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas.
Morris will read from his autobiography, "My Cowboy Hat Still Fits: My Life as a Rodeo Star" (Pronghorn Press) during the 5-5:30 p.m. readings under the tent outside the Wyoming Products Pavilion. He will sell and sign copies of his book from 3-6 p.m. in the pavilion.
Morris is well known in Wyoming as the first African-American on the UW rodeo team. He competed in numerous bull-riding events on the professional rodeo circuit. Morris obtained his PRCA announcer's card, the only African-American to have earned this distinction, and was a broadcast commentator for the telecasts of the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo for nine years with Prime Sports and FSN.
