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The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos

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The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos - Green, Ben K
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Ben K. Green takes us back to the deep Southwest and the never-a-dull-moment years he spent as a practicing horse doctor along the Pecos and the Rio Grande. With precious little formal schooling but a perfect corral-side manner and plenty of natural wit, Green became the first to hang up a shingle in the trans-Pecos territory. Hear him tell the tales of his struggles with mean stockmen, yellowweed fever, banditos, poison hay, and "drouth." His canny mix of science and horse sense when treating animals "that ain't house pets ...

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The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos 2000, Bison Books, Lincoln, NE

ISBN-13: 9780803270909

Trade paperback

The Village Horse Doctor: West of the Pecos 1971, Castle Books

ISBN-13: 9780785820994

Hardcover