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While You're Here, Doc: Farmyard Adventures of a Maine Veterinarian

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This book is such a great read, full of humor and amazing life experience! Doctor Brown has a genius sense of humor and a wonderful heart. This book will have you laughing out loud but it is also an intelligent peek at the life of a very gifted man. Don't pass this book up, get a copy for everyone you know and get it in your libraries!

I discovered this book from a review in the Maine Sunday Telegram. "Small farms and their close, personal way of living... come alive for us in Brown's humorous, compassionate stories of struggling farm life."

You get first-hand accounts of the doc trying to save an ox that's choking on a too large potato or rescuing a cow from a love-struck moose. It's all told with enthusiasm and wry humor.

I highly recommend this book. It belongs in my collection along with all my James Herriot books! It is heartwarming and very funny. Also, Dr. Brown explains certain animal diseases and conditions in an down to earth, easy to understand way. I am a farmer and I found that I understand several diseases of our animals even better now. I only wish the book was longer. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it and I was very sorry to get to the last page. I wanted to read more of those wonderful animal stories. I would like to thank Dr. Brown for writing such a great book, and I sure hope he considers writing another one.

I'm so glad I bought this book! I have read it twice...bet you can't read it just once. Get a copy it is great for all ages!

An excellent collection of stories by Dr. Bradford Brown. He shares his adventures as a Maine veterinarian in a vivid, enchanting way. I can't put this book down. If you love animals and the heroic stories of saving them, this book is for you. You won't be disappointed.

In the realm of veterinary literature, some books encapsulate the love and cameraderie between humans and animals with aplomb, and some hooooooooooooo!!!! A book can wheeeee wheeeeeeeeeeee wheeeeee! Some books are hoooooooo! Oh man. Sheeez. Get it together, Kirkman. Some books, like this one, some books hoooooo hooooooo. This thing kills me.

A great read. I loved the way each chapter contained its own adventure. Looking forward to reading more of Doc Browns books.

I lived in Maine for 20 years and experienced all the vagaries of the four seasons. Reading the experiences this Vet had to contend with along with the crazy circumstances he faced, you wonder why anyone would do the job. Of course, a passion and love of animals might be the answer. For the reader, you will certainly be drawn into his experiences while you laugh, cringe, and wonder why he took on the problematic tasks for so little pay. It's a great read and one that gives insight into rural living.

This was a deliteful book, funny, interesting, full of great people and wonderful animals. I would love to read more by this author. If you like stories about funny people and fantastic animals you will love it. The decscription in the ad was right on for this book.