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<blockquote data-quote="cross_7" data-source="post: 886500" data-attributes="member: 8382"><p>REVIEW by TIM o'byrne- working ranch magazine</p><p>The mail came one day, and in it</p><p>was a book by Mackey Hedges</p><p>titled, the Last Buckaroo. 'Thick as a</p><p>John Deere chopper manual', I</p><p>complained to myself, 'how could I</p><p>ever begin to read such a thing?'</p><p>Innocently, I flipped to page one</p><p>and it sucked me in like a Hoover</p><p>vacuum. Every dink horse, every</p><p>two-day hangover, every silent sagebrush</p><p>sunrise, every flake of winter</p><p>snow … every empty-pockets</p><p>Sunday morning, every 'running on</p><p>fumes' attempt to get back to the</p><p>ranch in a wore-out truck; he wrote</p><p>it, I re-lived it, and it was impossible</p><p>to put the dang thing down. My</p><p>dog didn't get fed, my taxes went</p><p>unpaid, my neighbors left casseroles</p><p>after my wife boarded a plane to see</p><p>her sister. The casseroles piled up</p><p>on the porch, I truthfully never</p><p>noticed my wife was missing, and</p><p>the dog eventually got fed when I</p><p>noticed him trotting around the</p><p>house with a rare and valuable</p><p>rawhide quirt in his mouth.</p><p>Bottom line is, if you want a slice</p><p>of the buckaroo trail, circa 1960's</p><p>with all the drippin's, then you</p><p>need to get this book. Mack buckarooed</p><p>a long, long time, did a hitch</p><p>in the Marines, and when I called</p><p>him up on the phone last month to</p><p>complain bitterly about how his literary</p><p>skills almost wrecked my life,</p><p>he was eager to discuss it all.</p><p>Heaven knows he had plenty of</p><p>time to talk; he was currently laid</p><p>up, at age 69, after experiencing a</p><p>head plant, courtesy of one of his</p><p>broker horses. Our visit was too</p><p>short.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cross_7, post: 886500, member: 8382"] REVIEW by TIM o'byrne- working ranch magazine The mail came one day, and in it was a book by Mackey Hedges titled, the Last Buckaroo. ‘Thick as a John Deere chopper manual’, I complained to myself, ‘how could I ever begin to read such a thing?’ Innocently, I flipped to page one and it sucked me in like a Hoover vacuum. Every dink horse, every two-day hangover, every silent sagebrush sunrise, every flake of winter snow … every empty-pockets Sunday morning, every ‘running on fumes’ attempt to get back to the ranch in a wore-out truck; he wrote it, I re-lived it, and it was impossible to put the dang thing down. My dog didn’t get fed, my taxes went unpaid, my neighbors left casseroles after my wife boarded a plane to see her sister. The casseroles piled up on the porch, I truthfully never noticed my wife was missing, and the dog eventually got fed when I noticed him trotting around the house with a rare and valuable rawhide quirt in his mouth. Bottom line is, if you want a slice of the buckaroo trail, circa 1960’s with all the drippin’s, then you need to get this book. Mack buckarooed a long, long time, did a hitch in the Marines, and when I called him up on the phone last month to complain bitterly about how his literary skills almost wrecked my life, he was eager to discuss it all. Heaven knows he had plenty of time to talk; he was currently laid up, at age 69, after experiencing a head plant, courtesy of one of his broker horses. Our visit was too short. [/QUOTE]
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