Village Horse Doctor

by Ben K. Green

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394429222
• ISBN13: 9780394429229
• Release Date: April 1971
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Village Horse Doctor

I have read The Village Horse Doctor a couple of times since the early 1970's. It is among my favorite books. I've lent the book to old timers who grew up in OK and Texas during the depression have told me that The Village Horse Doctor is one of the best books about the west they've ever read. I lent the book to the veterinarians I worked for, they loved it. (No James Harriett in Fort Stockton!) I do not have the book handy to skim it to refresh my memory and evaluate how much Dr. Green may be pulling our leg. After reading the book the first time, it made perfect sense to me why Mr. Green would retire all the way across Texas after publishing The Village Horse Doctor. Perhaps some of the stories are exagerated. But, the point of the loco weed story is NOT what he detected in the lab. It's his observations in the field. As far as the loco weed goes, the lab and the pills were a deception so that he'd recover for his time spent on the field work. Like O Henry, the sense of humor often involves a bit of chicanery. (For example, O. Henry's The Gentle Grafter). I would rate this book higher than Wild Horse Tails although it is also a fine book.