Blazin' Bloats & Cows on Fire! [Signed]

Benson, Ariz.: Coyote Cowboy Co., 2006. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). 124 pages: illustrations, portraits; 26 cm Fine in fine jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780939343492, 9780929343495

A cowboy poet and former large animal veterinarian presents a collection of anecdotes, essays, tall tales, and poems about the real life of cowboys in the 21st centuryContents: A good horse. A horse matters. Alpacas and chickens. Anatomy of a wreck. Animal similies. Anvil and the telephone pole. Auction barn miracle. Avian flu fobia. Behind those eyes. Big one that got away blues. Blazin' boats. Boat roping. Buffalo trading. Calving misdiagnosis. Cement pour. Chicken house attack. Chicken training. Contest of wills. Country truck-city truck. Cow dancing. Cowboy emergency room. Cowboy needs a cow. Cowboy vocabulary misconceptions. Cowboys advice to the lovelorn. Cripple Creek Calvin and the snakey mare. Definition of a cowboy. Dogs' column. Elk scent. Equine ego. Faith in Christmas. Fuzzy slipper. Generational differences. Go catch my horse. Goose bumps. Grandpa's wisdom of the ages. Hey cowgirl, need a ride?. High-horned red cow's calf. Immortal branding. Improving my horsemanship. Johnny the mule man revisited. Kelley and the super cowboy. Kelly's Halloween. Lazarus and the owl. Lebkuchens on the trail. Littlest shepherd. Macho surgery. Mastercard-priceless. Mule conversion. Mules are peculiar. Nine lives of a sheep. Old ways die hard. One leg up. Out there. Pawn shop pinup girl. Pennsylvania sheep doctor. Petting zoo. Poor man's ranch rodeo. Reunion of those who dared. Ring buying. Rolling round bales. Salmon mousse. Sixty foot rope. So lucky to be an American. Story of the cowman and the cow. Take your belongings and go. Taxidermy heifer. Ten reasons to be in the sheep business. These boots. Tilt table vs roping. Turkey's thoughts at Thanksgiving. Turtle and the rabbit. Utah cowboy. Wanda and the wild heifer. Why America needs cowboys. Why the horse. Women and horses. Women wearing chaps.