Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy

New York: Penguin Books, 1998. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 7 1/2. Holl, Dave and Others. 275 pages. A used book in Very Good condition.Owner's name on front endpaper. Interior text pages are flawless. A healthy dose of ranch wit and wisdom from a cowboy poet with the wit and soul of a salty sagebrush Shakespeare. Described by The Washington Post as being able 'to make a dead man sit up and laugh, Baxter Black, veterinarian turned poet and columnist, has been making living people laugh with his novel, Hey Cowboy Wanna. Get Lucky, syndicated columns, appearances on The Tonight Show, and regular pieces on National Public Radio. Now this complete illustrated collection of the commentaries that have aired on NPR's Morning Edition presents Black's latest dose of medicine for animal and human alike. Ranging from a hilarious account of two cowboys chasing down a cow in the nude to a very touching piece about a rancher who loses his wife to cancer and finds out the true worth of his friends and neighbors this book brings together Black's best-known and most adored work. He is the humorist and poet of the ranch and barnyard and the dean of cowboy bards. An anthology of 119 stories that have on NPR's Morning Edition plus 13 illustrations.