Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride? [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Baxter Black (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

Two years after he won the average at the Las Vegas National Rodeo Finals by riding Kamikaze, the world’s most unridable bull, Lick is down on his luck, working on a ranch in the remote Nevada desert with Al Bean, an ornery old cowboy. Then into their lives crashes Teddie Arizona–aka T.A.–a woman of mystery who crawls out of the wreckage of her plane with a $500,000 secret.

When T.A.’s “husband,” F. Rank Pantaker, dispatches his henchmen to retrieve the money–and the girl–Lick and Al find themselves trying to outrun the bad guys and protect a damsel in distress. Is T.A. out to cheat her cheatin’ husband, or is she really just trying to stop an illegal scheme cooked up by F. Rank and the infamous Ponce de Crayon, Vegas’s most glamorous tiger tamer? Is she playing Lick–or is it love?

Will Al Bean’s cockeyed schemes, an able assist from Cody, Lick’s cowboy sidekick, a brigade of old-time rodeo reunioneers, and a few miles of duct tape be enough to stop F. Rank’s nefarious plan, reform a career party girl, and change the hearts and minds of ten of the world’s most thrill-seeking billionaires? Can Cody keep Lick from climbing onto raging bull Kamikaze’s back one more time? Can true love triumph over shoot-outs at the not-so-okay corral and close encounters with white tigers? Hey, this is Baxter Black—what do you think?

Written with Baxter’s rip-roaring humor and inventive language, this caper gallops to a thunderously satisfying conclusion. Fans who enjoyed Hey, Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? will relish their reunion with Lick and Cody, while new readers will delight in this unforgettable cast of characters.


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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Ten years after the publication of Hey, Cowboy, Wanna Get Lucky? Black revisits the wild and woolly world of Lick and Cody, the two rodeo cowboys who got lucky. This time around, Lick is down on his luck in southern Idaho, licking his wounds after a series of rodeo setbacks. His romantic life takes a turn for the better, though, with the calamitous arrival of the beautiful Teddie Arizona Grant ("T.A."), who survives a plane crash after fleeing Las Vegas—and her husband, after stealing some of his cash. Subsequent chapters fill in the blanks: T.A.'s marriage to casino owner F. Rank is strictly one of convenience, while her theft is connected to an effort to stop a lucrative exotic animal hunt organized by Rank and a high-level animal trainer (stage name: Ponce de Crayon). T.A. is hunted down by Rank and his evil henchman; she escapes, and Lick (with an assist from Cody, who arrives mid-book, now 29 and married) attempts rescue. The plot is numbing, but more or less beside the point. What will bring readers back to Lick is Black's loving, sophisticated sendup of western romances, as if Larry McMurtry were writing Blazing Saddles II.
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Praise for Baxter Black

“He could make a dead man sit up and laugh.” —Washington Post Book World

“Humorist and poet of the ranch and the barnyard, Baxter Black has variously been dubbed a latter-day Will Rogers, the dean of cowboy bards, and the Art Buchwald of the Stetson-and-Levi’s crowd.” —The Christian Science Monitor

“Baxter Black is Mark Twain served up with a little Groucho Marx.” —The Weekly Standard

“If you like folksy and smart, earthy and sentimental, Black’s your man, and if you like cowboy poetry, no one does it better.” —Chicago Booklist

“Bax is a great writer . . . a voice from out there that needs to be heard.” —Bob Edwards, XM Public Radio

“He sees things nobody else sees. He has an imagination that is unparalleled.” —Associated Press


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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739324160
• ISBN-13: 978-0739324165
• Product Dimensions: 4.9 x 1 x 5.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,306,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good summer read with witty and hilarious language, July 11, 2008

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L. Look "lbagwell" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride? (Paperback)

Having known a number of real or part-time cowboys from the Southwest US, this book is a very funny and realistic depiction of lifestyles and attitudes I've seen. Even though the plot is simple and far-fetched, it moves to unlikely places that keep one entertained. Black's use of clever clever language (often disguised as ill-educated cowboy pretentiousness and mixed metaphors) makes many paragraphs a pleasure to read several times. One might even write down some particularly outlandish metaphors to reuse. If you've never heard Baxter Black on NPR radio, you lose a lot of the clever smirk behind his writing. If you do read the book, do go to www.npr.org to hear Mr. Black's audio voice; it makes the voice you hear when reading even better.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Cowboy Story, April 17, 2008

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Billie Jo Kariher-dyer "India's Mom" (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride? (Paperback)

It seemed to take me a while to get into this book. The characters seemed hard to get to know. As I continued however I realized that I got to know these caracters slow an easy just like anyone else I meet. Their secrets just sort of peeled off in layers instead of blasting you with everything about them all at once. They were great fun and made me laugh out loud often. This was just a plain good old cowboy story with all of its twists and turns and tall tales. By the end I felt a sense of pride in the way the caracters had developed themselves as people and was happy to see what they had to overcome.

3.0 out of 5 stars Tara Belle, June 7, 2011

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This review is from: Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride? (Audio CD)

Not near as good as the first book. THe first book had me laughing out loud, this one is just stupid. Sorry Baxter, love your other works.