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The Cows of Hobson's Pond: Mostly True Stories of Growing Up Kansas Kindle Edition

by Rick McNary (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Somewhere, some cow’s therapist knows everything there is to know about Rick McNary.

For a bored child living in rural Kansas in the sixties, frolicking in Hobson’s Pond was as adventurous as being Jacques Cousteau on the Atlantic Ocean. In a country kid’s imagination, the pond teemed with exotic marine life, pirates and sunken treasure.
In reality, the pond was a muddy hole filled with finger-length catfish and grumpy old bullfrogs. In addition, The Cows of Hobson’s Pond believed they had the inalienable right to soak their udders in the water like it was a spa. Whenever Rick and his buddies went swimming, they had to run the cows out first. This frequently backfired and, instead, the cows chased them.
Rick pokes fun at himself, his family, the cows and life in rural Kansas. There are stories about how the cows were responsible for starting the streaking fad, the reason little boys should never practice medicine, why his brothers called him the Elmer Fudd of hunters and the day his Mom washed his mouth out with soap.
Laugh along with Rick who claims the stories are mostly true but, to avoid being sued, he changed a few names and made up the parts about the cows.
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  1. Reading age
    10 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    136 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    10 August 2016
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  6. Word Wise
    Enabled
  7. Enhanced typesetting
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  8. Sticky notes
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About the Author

Rick McNary is the author of Hunger Bites: Bite Sized Stories of Inspiration, and the novel, Voices on the Prairie. Widely known for his humanitarian work in feeding hungry people around the world, he lives in Potwin, Kansas with his wife, Christine. They have five children and seven grandchildren. In addition to writing, he is also a professional photographer. His essays and photographs can be found at: www.rickmcnary.me

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01JBTLV9Y
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Whispering Meadows Publishing; One edition (10 August 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 742 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0692755764
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 21

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It has been said of me that I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I've made a living in a variety of ways in my life from working cattle on a ranch to making lumber in a sawmill. I've been an oilfield worker, professional photographer, carpenter, minister (20 years), realtor, developer, writer, speaker, founded an organization that empowered 120,000 volunteers to provide 20 million meals for disaster relief in Haiti and spend a great deal of my effort empowering people to feed the hungry. I'm exactly what I want to be: curious and flexible. I leave very few stones unturned. My ambition in life is to have my epitaph to read: He loved well and helped a lot of people feed the hungry.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on 11 September 2019
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I laugh at a lot of his stories and even can relate to some. Those were the good old days for us kids. Kids now a days don't know the fun they are missing. I can even remember the Sears Catalog big boo boo. I was older than with a child of my own then. But I to grew up on a farm and know all about swimming in mud holes called a creek. It was a great book of going back in time and knowing I wasn't the only one who enjoy being a kid back then. A great book for anyone who wants to relive their memories as a kid.
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C. Saunders
4.0 out of 5 stars Life in rural Kansas
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2017
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Very silly stories but authentic.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, would like it better in large print.
Reviewed in the United States on 25 October 2016
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I would love it if it were published in large print.
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Gary S
5.0 out of 5 stars Growing up Colorado..
Reviewed in the United States on 22 August 2019
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I grew up on a dry land farm / ranch in central Colorado. I spent a lot of my youthful days wondering the pastures. Mostly on the neighbors property because they had pine trees and we didn’t. This made wheezing in the trees much better than out on the open pastures of our land. Rick has done a wonderful job writing this book so one can visualize all of the Wonderful tails of his youth and hilarious interactions with his cousins. A must read book to bring your growing up days back to life !
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Nancy Clark
5.0 out of 5 stars The book was a fun read. Rick writes about a time before computer ...
Reviewed in the United States on 29 September 2017
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The book was a fun read. Rick writes about a time before computer games, the Internet, and cell phones, when kids went outside to play and make their own adventures. It was a simpler time when you live just off a highway and not have to worry about the kids being outside. At the end, Rick encourages each of us to write our stories. What a gift that would be to family.
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