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Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On! | 
 enlarge | Author: Texas Bix Bender
Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
Category: Book
List Price: $7.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 250669
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 138
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.3
ISBN: 0879054700
Dewey Decimal Number: 978
EAN: 9780879054700
ASIN: 0879054700
Publication Date: October 24, 2000
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Product Description
Says the SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, "This book is worthy of a book rustler." In the tradition of humorist Will Rogers, it takes a look at life through the eyes of the cowboy. It is filled with quips and quotes that represent the Code of the West, like: "Always drink upstream from the herd" and "The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm. The colder it gets, the harder it is to swallow." < BR>
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 Smart ol' guy August 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On! A Cowboy's Guide to Life" by Texas Bix Bender is a delightful little book, pocket-size, with a cowboy aphorism on every page.
Small black-and-white drawings, expertly done, of cowboy life on ranch and range appear on every left page.
Flipbook silhouettes appear in the upper corners of the right pages. As you flick the pages front to back you see a cowboy riding his horse, walk to full gallop, stopping and rearing in encountering a rattlesnake, bucking, the cowboy flying off, losing his hat, getting up, dusting off, trying again. Evidently the sidewinder gets away.
The title language reflects the wisdom and earthiness throughout the sayings.
"If it don't seem like it's worth the effort, it probably ain't."
"Never ask a barber if he thinks you need a haircut."
"Control your generosity when you're dealin' with a chronic borrower."
"Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much."
"No matter where you ride to, that's where you are."
"Some things ain't funny."
Bender's book is fun and a lot more, pardner.
By the way, he's also come out with "Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On! II." Yeah, to both of `em.
 Where are the books? July 3, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I haven't receive this order yet. When do you expect to ship?
Thanks,
Jim Thomas 208.841.6393
Amazing Encounter with a Book! January 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books of all time. Short, succinct and worth reading again and again. I spend my time with "dazzling urbanites" and it's a good antidote of Western, best taken liberally.
 The Code of the West October 2, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I noticed that this book has not been reviewed for a few years and it's worth a new review. The book consists of 138 pages with a single statement per page. The statements are all short, accurate, and almost incomprehensible to most Americans living in the year 2005. We needed this book about 40 years ago when there were still a few folks that could understand it. That's the only reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5....the author missed his due date! Anyway, if you don't read anything else, read that first page and live by it.
Kudos From Cowboy Chris January 27, 2001
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Pretty much everything we need to know about getting by in life is contained in the sage sayings in this book. One of my favorites is, "Never drink downstream from the herd." Some are simply funny. Others are downright insightful. This is the "Confusius says" of the American West. It makes a good gift, and the perfect thing to pass around at a gathering for laughs and conversation. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.
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