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Never turn your back on an Angus cow : my life as a country vet / Dr. Jan Pol with David Fisher.

Pol, Jan, 1942- (author.). Fisher, David, 1946- (author.).

Summary:

"Dr. Pol shares his amusing and often poignant tales from his four decades as a vet in rural Michigan. [He's] not your typical veterinarian: born and raised [in the] Netherlands on a dairy farm, he is the star of Nat Geo Wild's hit show The Incredible Dr. Pol and has been treating animals in rural Michigan since the 1970s. Dr. Pol's more than 20,000 patients have ranged from white mice to 2600-pound horses and everything in between"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781592408979
  • ISBN: 1592408974
  • Physical Description: viii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York, USA : Gotham Books, [2014]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Star of Nat Geo Wild's ... series The incredible Dr. Pol" --Jacket.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Open Your Mouth and Say Moo: Why I Became a Vet 1 -- Chapter 2 A Practice of My Own 39 -- Chapter 3 Where Does It Hurt? 77 -- Chapter 4 A World of Wondering 115 -- Chapter 5 On the Road Again, and Again, and Again 151 -- Chapter 6 A Life-and-Death Business 185 -- Chapter 7 Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow 219 -- Chapter 8 TV or Not TV?: Welcome to Weidman 251.

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Subject:
Pol, Jan, 1942-
Veterinarians > Michigan > Biography.
Veterinarians > Netherlands > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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