Get Ebooks While You're Here, Doc: Farmyard Adventures Of A Maine Veterinarian
Veterinarian Brad Brown never knew what to expect when he was called. Whether he was trying to geld a spooked stallion in a blizzard or found himself in the middle of an all-out fracas involving a monkey’s abscessed tooth and a shotgun, he took it in stride, with great affection for both his four-legged patients and his two-legged clients.
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers; 1 edition (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0884482790
ISBN-13: 978-0884482796
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #419,210 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #146 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Animals > Horses #587 in Books > Science & Math > Agricultural Sciences > Animal Husbandry #895 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Medical
This book is such a great read, full of humor and amazing life experience! Doctor Brown has a genius sense of humor and a wonderful heart. This book will have you laughing out loud but it is also an intelligent peek at the life of a very gifted man. Don't pass this book up, get a copy for everyone you know and get it in your libraries!
I highly recommend this book. It belongs in my collection along with all my James Herriot books! It is heartwarming and very funny. Also, Dr. Brown explains certain animal diseases and conditions in an down to earth, easy to understand way. I am a farmer and I found that I understand several diseases of our animals even better now. I only wish the book was longer. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it and I was very sorry to get to the last page. I wanted to read more of those wonderful animal stories. I would like to thank Dr. Brown for writing such a great book, and I sure hope he considers writing another one.
I discovered this book from a review in the Maine Sunday Telegram. "Small farms and their close, personal way of living... come alive for us in Brown's humorous, compassionate stories of struggling farm life."You get first-hand accounts of the doc trying to save an ox that's choking on a too large potato or rescuing a cow from a love-struck moose. It's all told with enthusiasm and wry humor.
This book is all about how this vet will go to a persons house to do a certain procedure, the client invites all his neighbors to take advantage of the vet, while he's there anyway! Funny, I loved this book!
I'm biased because my uncle-in-law wrote the book. That being said, he was one hell of a good story teller and his editor, my cousin in law is a terrific editor. You will enjoy every moment of reading his two books.
As one who has worked for a large animal vet in a rural setting, as soon as I saw the title of this book, I HAD to have it!! I wasn't disappointed! The author totally captures the quirks and eccentricities of old-time farmers and does so in a very entertaining, well-written way. I could identify with all of his patients, both human and animal, and this book kept me turning the pages til way past midnight! Set in the '50's and '60's, it's a wonderfullly nostalgic book - a look back at how different things were for farmers then. Read it! You'll love it!
This is a really great book about the life of, mainly, a farm vet. The incredible weather and working conditions of this humble, intelligent man who goes about his job with few complaints, should be an inspiration for any modern vet student.
Wonderful read for anyone with animals of any kind in their life. A MUST read for anyone ever having to us vet services to better understand what they go through day after day and so ermines endless nights. Also great information about illnesses your animals may incounter. I've learned so much from this book that I've actually made some healthy and safer changes to their care. Thank you so much Dr Brown. I hope you are fairing well.
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