Last Buckaroo

Last Buckaroo by Hedges, MacKey. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780879056612.

Authentic buckaroo Mackey Hedges has written the western novel, the buckaroos own version of what goes on in cow camps, ranches, pack stations, feedlots and trails of the west. Through the persona of Tap McCoy, larger-than-life narrator, tales of buckin horses, a horse falling into and hanging upside down from the branches of a pine tree, eccentric cowboys ..., spontaneous rodeos, and horse wrecks are spun. A cast of real to life characters parade through the exploits of Tap and Dean.Practical jokers, stoic Indians, burly, reclusive buckaroos, egomaniacs, and ladies of the evening - all sides of human nature are examined through the unrelenting yet forgiving eyes of Tap McCoy. "This is a side of the West that only buckaroos have known in the past - rollicking, gritty, dusty, dangerous, nerve-wracking" - TRUE WEST Magazine