Last Buckaroo [Paperback]

Mackey Hedges (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879056673
• ISBN-13: 978-0879056674
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,829,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN'T PUT IT DOWN!, October 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Last Buckaroo (Paperback)

Finally, a "real cowboy" story by a real cowboy. None of this make-believe Hollywood bull-puckey here! Having ridden in the same saddle as Hedges many years ago, it is refreshing to read a well-written and true-to-life tale of two migrant buckaroos as they work and play in some of the most beautiful and off-the-beaten paths in the Great American West. One of the few books that makes me laugh out loud! A must for any serious WESTERN fan (Never use country and WESTERN in the same sentence!). A tip of the ol'Stetson to Mackey Hedges. Here's to the next book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Funny, Fast Reading and Impossible to Put Down, June 6, 1999

By 

Dean Whittle ([e-mail]) (Ajo, Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last Buckaroo (Paperback)

I bought this book two years ago for a father's day present. My father read it and has been rantin' and ravin' about it ever since so I thought I would buy myself a copy. I began reading and couldn't put it down. The story telling is fantastic and I was continually laughing out loud at the witty dialogue and wild antics of the characters. I highly recommend this book. One of my favorites.

5.0 out of 5 stars True Tales of the Sage, December 30, 2009

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Richard Laycock "RCL" (El Cajon, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Buckaroo (Paperback)

It's an easy read, entertaining and informative regarding the life and work of an itinerant buckaroo. True enough it doesn't have any bad language but Tap and Dean aren't role models for youth. This isn't a kid's story. Any amount of dollars in their pockets is soon lost in what a preacher would label "dissipation" and they're tossed in the slammer more than once.

I bought the book on recommendation of a buckaroo in Paso Robles who knows Mackey. His tales are embellishments on real people and events that his compadres recognize in the stories. So you'll be reading a real slice of the Great Plains buckaroo life of the recent past.