Horse Trader: No Way to Make a Living (Two Centries in America)

By William E. Jones

Here is the third book of a series des-cribing the life of an American living in the West, growing up to be a veterinarian andliving the various aspects of his professionover six decades. This volume tells about how his veterinary practice became side-tracked by his fetish with horse trading. He falls into a sweet deal for his veterinary facilities and he manages to build a new house. Low cattle prices in the mid-1960's make it tough to make a living in Douglas, Wyoming, but he gains an education in things they don't teach in vet school. He builds a successful cowboy practice, but finds it hard to compete with cowboy horse traders. Undaunted, he plans to move on to other veterinary experiences. Subsequent volumes describe his other private practices, his academic career, his college teaching, his writing and publishing adventures, and how he makes another career out of retirement. Throughout it all, he faces the challenge of changing times, and vows to live longer than his grandmother who made it to 109 years of age. William E Jones writes his life in third person and includes historical information along the way. This is vol. 3 of a series of short books providing an historical peak at how one person coped with changing times in two separate centuries of life. This is not only a memoir of a veterinarian's life, but also a de-tailed description of how a veterinary education can expand into an exciting life with a wide variety of occupational choices. Dr. Jones has found a variety of ways to apply his many talents in art, writing, teaching, and living an exciting life with an optimistic attitude. Any young person thinking about becoming a veterinarian can obtain many helpful insites by reading this series of books.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535386193
• ISBN13: 9781535386197
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 0.3" x 7.4"