rite of passage > an event or ceremony marking an important stage in a person’s life (return)
rodeo > contest where cowboys compete in riding and roping cows, bulls, calves and bucking horses (return)
roost > a high place where chickens like to spend the night (return)
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans > husband and wife singing cowboys who starred in many movies and TV westerns in the 1950s (return)
rustlers > people who steal cattle (return)
saloon > a place where cowboys went to drink whiskey and beer (return)
senator > an elected member of the Senate, which is part of the United States government (return)
sequined > small, shiny disks sewn onto clothing (return)
silo > a tall, cylindrical building used to store corn, wheat and other grains after they are harvested (return)
six-shooter > a gun popularized by cowboys that held six bullets and was kept in a holster (return)
sleet > rain that falls as ice, often with snow, similar to hail
smirk > smile in an irritating or silly way (return)
smoldering > still burning slowly (return)
stubble field > a harvested field where only the short cut-off stubs of cornstalks remain standing (return)
sulked > being silent, unhappy or bad tempered (return)
supper > some people call their evening meal supper instead of dinner (return)
Tinker Toy > children’s building toy made up of round wooden sticks and other pieces that can be put together in different shapes (return)
udder > the mammary sack on a cow, goat or other mammal where milk comes from (return)
urban dwellers > people who live in cities (return)
vicious > violent, mean, dangerous (return)
wallop > strike or hit hard, packing a punch (return)
water trough > a long, narrow container, similar to a bathtub, that holds drinking water for cattle and other animals (return)
whooping > spanking (return)
Wild Kingdom > popular television show that began in the early 1960s featuring wildlife from around the world (return)
World War II veteran > member of the military who served during World War II, 1939-1945 (return)
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About the Author
James “Jim” Butler spent the first 11 years of his life on his family’s Midwest dairy farm. Those years were filled with hard work, adventure and periodic suffering. He then moved to a town far away from country life where he became an excellent student and a track star, setting two school records. All the running he did on the farm really paid off!
Writing always fascinated him, even in grade school. In 1963, for a sixth-grade English assignment, he attempted to write a book about traveling to the moon. He got a “C” because the assignment was late and unfinished. But he kept writing, getting “A’s” in English and winning a writing award in college. During those years, Jim often told funny stories to friends and relatives about things he did with his sister on the farm—things that often got them both into trouble or put them in sticky situations.
Five years ago, Jim wrote a few stories about his early farm adventures and sent them to a publisher. The publisher loved them and asked if he had more! He had a lot more, and those stories became the basis for The Cow-Pie Chronicles, his best book yet.
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