03579cam a2200265 4500 609450512 TxAuBib 20221116120000.0 981112t19981997||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780140276831 0140276831 (OCoLC)40301071 TxAuBib Black, Baxter, 1945- Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy / Baxter Black. New York : Penguin, 1998. ©1997. ix, 275 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Donation from SWOJC. Hangin' on, hopin' and prayin' for rain -- Ralph's tree -- All I want for Christmas -- Runnin' wild horses -- Anonymous end -- Home the hard way -- Lesson in life -- Sales call -- Love story -- Holiday travelers -- Car wash -- Practitioners lot -- Aarp! -- Range fire -- Chauvinist? who me? -- Women! -- Tolerance -- Caught in the act -- Rudolph's night off -- Grandma's picture box -- Sheepmen, Border Collies, and mules -- Consultant -- Deer Rasslin' -- Just friends -- Triggernometry -- Oneupmanship -- Ropin' vet -- Herd sire -- Cowboy's guide to vegetarians -- Vegetarian's guide to cowboys -- 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 -- Cowboy and his tapeworm -- Bentley the born-again bull -- Buffalo tracks -- Great chicken run -- Disappearing digits -- Lookin' back -- Political correctness -- Big high and lonesome -- Landscaping -- It ain't easy bein' a cowboy -- Old stove-up cowboys of America -- Grapevine -- Tranquilizer gun -- Keepin' busy -- Epitaph -- Fox in the henhouse -- Parakeets and dogs -- Cowboy time -- Flood -- Balin' wheat -- Starr Valley bean field war -- Chicago's bratwurst -- National insect -- Moose alert -- What's Christmas to a cow? -- Cold feet -- Pig tales -- Tombstone of Canaan -- Neat and tidy calving -- C-section -- Wilderness wall -- Advice column -- Border Collies -- He sang "Little Joe the wrangler" -- Outback -- Truth in labeling -- It's the law -- First cowboy Thanksgiving -- Reindeer flu -- Cowboy mentality -- Valdez -- Mountain -- Of pigs and poultry -- Cow xtractor -- Hunter's son -- Doggone country -- Romantic cowboy -- Cowboy parade -- Cow attack -- Anti-smokin' device -- High cost of recycling -- In the doghouse -- Inheriting the family farm -- Lost chicken -- Workin' for wages -- Minnesota Oreos -- Oreos apology -- Leroy and Tom -- Cowboy vegetarian cookbook -- Noah's dispersal sale -- Duct tape in agriculture -- Cow polygamy -- Shoein' pigeye -- Nature films -- Houlihan -- Babe -- Religious reflections -- Just words -- Here comes de judge. This complete illustrated collection of the commentaries that have aired on NPR's Morning Edition presents Black's latest dose of medicine for animals and humans 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. Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy brings together Black's best-known and most adored work. 20221116. Veterinarians West (U.S.) Literary collections. Cowboys West (U.S.) Literary collections.