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The Cowboy Way

Baxter Black
Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021 Updated Jan 11, 2022

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A good cowboy will go beyond the call of duty and even put himself in harm's way to help a suffering beast.

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Baxter Black is a cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper, who now lives in Arizona and travels the country, tormenting cowboys instead of cows.