Described by The Washington Post as being able "to make a dead man sit up and laugh," Baxter Black-veterinarian/doctor turned poet/columnist/raconteur-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 riotous 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, Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy brings together Black's best-known and most adored work.
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Cactus Tracks and Cowboy PhilosophyList of Illustrations
Introduction
Hangin' On, Hopin' and Prayin' for Rain
Ralph's Tree
All I Want for Christmas
Runnin' Wild Horses
Anonymous End
Home the Hard Way
A Lesson in Life
The Sales Call
A Love Story
Holiday Travelers
The Car Wash
The Practitioner's Lot
Aarp!
Range Free
Chauvinist? Who Me?
Women!
Tolerance
Caught in the Act
Rudolph's Night Off
Grandma's Picture Box
Sheepmen, Border Collies, and Mules
The Consultant
Deer Rasslin'
Just Friends
Triggernometry
Oneupmanship
The Ropin' Vet
The Herd Sire
The Cowboy's Guide to Vegetarians
A Vegetarian's Guide to Cowboy's
The Stock Dog Demonstration
Cowboy Preserves
Fear of Flying
January, February, Mud
Boller's Comments
Another Good Man Gone
Lost
Ardel's Bull
Dog Emotions
3% Markup
Secret Seasoning
Feast or Famine
Loose Cow
Thrifty
Garthed Out!
Part Indian
White Oaks Rodeo
joe and Maria
My Kinda Truck
Vern's Wreck
The Cowboy and his Tapeworm
Bentley the Born-Again Bull
Buffalo Tracks
The Great Chicken Run
Disappearing Digits
Lookin' Back
Political Correctness
The Big High and Lonesome
Landscaping
It Ain't Easy Bein' a Cowboy
the Old Stove-Up Cowboys of America
The Grapevine
The Tranquilizer Gun
Keepin' Busy
The Epitaph
A Fox in the Henhouse
Parakeets and Dogs
Cowboy Time
The Flood
Balin' Wheat
The Starr Valley Bean Field War
Chicago's Bratwurst
The National Insect
Moose Alert
What's Christmas to a Cow?
Cold Feet
Pig Feet
Tombstone of Canaan
Neat and Tidy Calving
The C-Section
The Wilderness Wall
Advice Column
Border Collies
He Sang "Little Joe the Wrangler"
The Outback
Truth in Labeling
It's the Law
the First Cowboy Thankgiving
The Reindeer Flu
Cowboy Mentality
The Valdez
The Mountain
Of Pigs and Poultry
Cow Xtractor
The Hunter's Son
Doggone Country
The Romantic Cowboy
A Cowboy Parade
Cow Attack
Anti-Smokin' Device
High Cost of Recycling
In the Doghouse
Inheriting the Family Room
The Lost Chicken
Workin' for Wages
Minnesota Oreos
Oreos Apology
Leroy and Tom
Cowboy Vegetarian Cookbook
Noah's Dispersal Sale
Duct Tape Agriculture
Cow Polygamy
Shoein' Pigeye
Nature Films
The Houlihan
Babe
Religious Reflections
Just Words
Here Come De Judge
Glossary
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