Published : 1937 Pages : 312 Genre : Western / Comedy Format : E-Book

“If Joel Braxton hadn’t drawed a knife whilst I was brating his head agen a spruce log , I reckon I wouldn’t of had that quarrell with Glory McGraw and things might of turned out different town at they did”

Summary : This is the tale of one Breckinridge Elkins . A tall powerful hillbilly with just the worse luck . He wanders from one bad misunderstanding to another often leading to over the top fights . Whether it’s taming horses , getting mistaken for a criminal , searching for stolen goods that turn out not to be stolen in the first place … wouldn’t want to be this guy .

“If I’d ever hit Alexander that hard it would have busted his skull like a egg — and Alexander had a awful thick skull , even for a mule .”

Review : This is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a while . It probably helps that I’ve met people who talked like this before so I’m just putting their faces here . If you need a quick laugh go ahead and get it . Keep in mind it’s an old book and the racial language is not the most enlightened but if you like Blazing Saddles you should like this .

“I says to myself I rides him or the buzzards pick my bones .”

Recommendation : Books

1. The Virginian by Owen Wister
2. Gladiator by Philip Gordon Wylie
3. The Strange Island of Dr. Nork by Robert Bloch
4. The Long Walk by Stephen King
5. The Crow : Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff

Songs

1. Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean
2. A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
3. The Streak – Ray Stevens
4. As Good As I Once Was – Toby Keith
5. T-R-O-U-B-L-E – Travis Tritt

Movies

1. Blazing Saddles (1974)
2. Big Money Rustlas (2010)
3. Rio Bravo (1959)
4. Flaming Star (1960)
5. Maverick (1999)

Lesson : Stay out of the big guys way .