Fields and Pastures New: My First Year as a Country Vet
YA?In 1963, McCormack and his wife and children moved to Butler, Alabama, so he could begin his career as the first and only veterinarian of Choctaw County. The people had previously relied on Carney Sam Jenkins, the unofficial and untrained dispenser of superstition and old wives' remedies. Readers will be captivated by the doctor, his family, and the characters who inhabit and enliven the community with their humanity, eccentricities, and enormous goodwill. Many of the stories are hilarious, but the kicks, bruises, and the administering of horse-sized laxatives may be funnier to read about than experience. Love of family, townspeople, and their animals shines through this readable, lively book by an author with a good ear for dialogue and a fine sense of place. Readers will doubtless demand further adventures of this American soulmate of James Herriot.?Judy Sokoll, Fairfax County Public Library,Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.