Jim Dawson Returns (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780984801909)

Here again, for devotees of Jim Dawson and his tall tales, is a col­lection
of the wrangler's whoppers at their best.
In stories that will stand any dude's hair on end, Jim tells how he got
rid of an unsatisfactory cook (far be it from Dawson to do anything as
simple as firing him), ... why his horse is called "Hornet,"... how he was
arrested for kid­napping, and many, many more hilarious adventures.
Told in the vernacular of the hard-riding cowhand, these tales
are bound to be favorites with Westerners and dudes alike Jim, his,
guitar, and his ever-present home­ made cigarette make a picture long
to be remembered and cherished. For, in addition to his dry humor,
Jim Dawson displays a shrewd awareness of human nature, which is
frequently startling in its clarity.
How he handles New England schoolmarms and government scien-
tists with equal dexterity, and the dudes who visit the Lazy R always
leave a bit wiser than when they arrive.
Dawson's incredible tales are interspersed with his obvious love
' of nature. The descriptive passages of the rare beauty to be found
on the Western desert make a city-dweller long for the peace and
unspoiled natural wonders to be found there.
Youngsters, their parents, and their grandparents will find sheer joy
in perusing the pages of JIM DAWSON RETURNS, for it is about a
man who epitomizes all that was exciting and good and lasting about
our great land and the people of the West. Lassoing a steer, branding a
cow, or going out on the trail are adventures that we cannot all share in
physically. We can, however, in this book, relive all the excitement of the
West and relearn the virtues that played so great a part in the making
of our national character.