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Summary: A hootin' hollerin' good read.
Review: Any fan of Baxter or rodeo will enjoy this book. Blacks habit of interupting the story adds a whole new level of humor to the story. His down to earth and simplistic approach to life's curve balls is furthered as he takes on a variety of topics. Without a doubt this is worth the read.
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Summary: A hootin' hollerin' good read.
Review: Any fan of Baxter or rodeo will enjoy this book. Blacks habit of interupting the story adds a whole new level of humor to the story. His down to earth and simplistic approach to life's curve balls is furthered as he takes on a variety of topics. Without a doubt this is worth the read.
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Summary: Laugh out loud
Review: Baxter Black does it again with this book. His stories are insightful, humorous, and relational. My husband can't put this book down.
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Summary: Absolutely Delightful
Review: Baxter Black does it again with this book. His stories are insightful, humorous, and relational. My husband can't put this book down.
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Summary: He calls 'em as he sees 'em!
Review: Baxter Black is best known for his cowboy poetry, but in an unique twist of events, Baxter wrote a book on rodeo cowboys. Having "gone down the road" myself, this book brought back memories of some pretty crazy times in my life. A must-read for any rodeo fan.
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Summary: Too much of a good thing...
Review: Don't get me wrong, I love Baxter Black. His poetry is great, and his columns are fun and enjoyable. This book had its moments, too, but is a cluttered, frenetic read that could have used a sterner editor. Pared down, this book could have been a howlingly funny novella, instead of an amusing novel. Call me stuffy and all, but it gets tiring weeding through all of the invented silly names for people peppered throughout. No one in this book has a normal name, and what can be occasionally clever becomes a literary device bordering on tedium. Okay, as a comedy-fantasy this book does work for me, as the scenarios are much too fantastic to even smack of realism, and after awhile I gave up and read it in that light. It works, ignoring the intrusive attempts at cleverness, but for the next one, Baxter, throw in a couple of Jim Bobs and Tammys.
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Summary: Lick and Cody's excellent adventure
Review: Most reviewers talk about this book as bust-a-gut hilarious, which it certainly is at points, but it's also a whole lot more than that. If you have an interest in rodeo cowboys and their life on the road between those hoped-for 8 seconds of adrenalin in the arena, this book is primarily about that. Exaggerated, you bet, but compared to the yarns told in Bill St. John's book of real rodeo cowboys, "On Down the Road," not all that much.Baxter Black captures and celebrates the comical that exists in the self-deprecating and unpretentious manner of cowboys. The story of his two cowboy pals doing the summer rodeo circuit all over the western states, with hopes of winning enough money to make it to the national finals, explores that rich vein of American humor between guts and glory and human comedy. There is a fine line between fearlessness and foolishness, and few sports make failure not only ignominious but dangerous (being thrown and getting not only a faceful of dirt but broken bones to boot). It's no accident that in the rodeo arena the hardest working cowboys are surely the clowns. Black's book achieves one other enjoyable objective; it represents the friendship between two men, a subject that has found its way into the buddy movie, but is seldom treated in literature of any kind. These two guys are different enough to play off each other's strengths and weaknesses, but they're no odd couple. Their devotion to each other, their companionship on the road, their late night talks attempting to make sense of the world they inhabit -- not to mention their adventures with porcupines and "wild women" -- all of it is an entertaining celebration of being best pals. St. John's book about rodeo cowboys is out of print, but if you can find a copy, I heartily recommend it as a companion to this wonderfully entertaining novel by Baxter Black.
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Summary: Laugh out loud
Review: My dad bought this book and we both read it in the space of a weekend. I laughed nearly hysterically during parts, inspiring one of my aunts to read it, too. I would encourage anyone amused by improbable hijinks to give this book a try--it is full of them!!!
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Summary: great humor, hilarious humor, rolling on the floor humor
Review: The antics of two rodeo cowboys turned our 13 year old into a reader. We literally were rolling on the floor in laughter. Can hardly wait to purchase "COW ATTACK" by Baxter Black.
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Summary: The adventures of Lick and Cody. . .
Review: The first time I read this book was an experience I'll never forget. Mr. Black put a new spin on the life of a rodeo cowboy, and quite a funny one at that. The book takes place back in the days when the PRCA National Finals Rodeo was still in Oklahoma City, and the rodeo was about more than the glitz and glamour of the present-day finals in Las Vegas. If you want to find out more, read the book.
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