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Bill Nye and Boomerang; Or the Tale of a Meek-Eyed Mule, and Some Other Literary Gems

Humorist Bill Nye was the first editor of the daily paper in Laramie, Wyoming, and named it the Laramie Boomerang in honor of his mule. As Nye’s son Frank said, something about the word “boomerang” piqued Nye’s imagination, as it described the "eccentricity of his orbit". “His mule, his mine, his newspaper, his [first] book [Bill Nye and Boomerang], all bore the trademark.” The book, according to Nye, includes "some little epics and ethereal flights of fancy..." and said "it affords me great pleasure...to know what a feeling of blessed rest and childlike confidence and assurance - and some more things of that nature - will follow the publication of this work." Warning: Common side-effects include uncontrollable side-slapping laughter and giggling. Listen with extreme caution. - Summary by Dale Barkley, proudly from Laramie

Year of Publication: 1883Genres: Westerns , Single Author Collections , Humorous Fiction , Satire

Running Time: 08 hours 17 minutes 55 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	To My Mule Boomerang DaleBarkley	1:17
2	The Apology DaleBarkley	2:01
3	Apostrophe to an Orphan Mule DaleBarkley	2:16
4	A Miners' Meeting - My Mine - A Mirage on the Plains DaleBarkley	7:51
5	The True Story of Damon and Pythias DaleBarkley	7:30
6	Sad Memories of the Dead Year DaleBarkley	4:44
7	Bill Nye's Thirteenth Grand Semi-Annual Farewell Circus and Hippodrome DaleBarkley	7:01
8	Letter from Paris DaleBarkley	4:05
9	Prehistoric Crockery DaleBarkley	5:18
10	Suggestions for a School of Journalism DaleBarkley	7:33
11	The Fragrant Mormon DaleBarkley	2:51
12	Recollections of the Opera DaleBarkley	5:04
13	A Sunny Little Incident DaleBarkley	3:22
14	He Rewarded Her DaleBarkley	1:11
15	The Modern Parlor Stove DaleBarkley	3:18
16	Remarks to Originators DaleBarkley	3:02
17	Queer DaleBarkley	0:53
18	Sic Semper Gloria Houseplant DaleBarkley	1:49
19	How to Tell DaleBarkley	1:20
20	Biography of Colorow DaleBarkley	2:48
21	Diary of a Saucy Young Thing DaleBarkley	2:16
22	Killing off the James Boys DaleBarkley	2:26
23	A Relic DaleBarkley	2:12
24	Some Reasons why I can't be an Indian Agent DaleBarkley	5:27
25	The Picnic Snoozer's Lament DaleBarkley	1:13
26	Billious Nye and Boomerang in the Gold Mines DaleBarkley	6:21
27	Two Great Men DaleBarkley	2:51
28	Dirty Murphy DaleBarkley	2:30
29	A Rocky Mountain Sunset DaleBarkley	2:31
30	The Temperature of the Bumble-bee DaleBarkley	1:53
31	Drawbacks of Public Life DaleBarkley	3:31
32	The Glad, Free Life of the Miner DaleBarkley	4:57
33	Some Thoughts of Childhood DaleBarkley	3:20
34	The New Adjustable Campaign Song DaleBarkley	3:28
35	Sitting down on a Venerable Joke DaleBarkley	3:02
36	A Hairbreadth Escape DaleBarkley	3:43
37	Myself, Dr. Talmage and Other Divines DaleBarkley	6:20
38	Fine-cut as a Means of Grace DaleBarkley	3:07
39	The Weather and Some Other Things DaleBarkley	5:22
40	The Parable of the Unjust Steward DaleBarkley	4:09
41	Ode to Spring DaleBarkley	1:05
42	The Parable of the Prodigal Son DaleBarkley	4:29
43	The Indian and the Everlasting Gospel DaleBarkley	6:27
44	The Muse DaleBarkley	12:08
45	Shoeing a Broncho DaleBarkley	5:13
46	Pumpkin Jim; or the Tale of a Busted Jackass Rabbit DaleBarkley	13:19
47	William Nye and the Heathen Chinee DaleBarkley	6:04
48	Hong Lee's Grand Benefit at Leadville DaleBarkley	3:25
49	You Fou DaleBarkley	2:32
50	The Lop-eared Lovers of the Little Laramie DaleBarkley	13:37
51	Speech of Spartacus DaleBarkley	8:30
52	Correspondence DaleBarkley	11:03
53	He Went Out West for His Health DaleBarkley	6:09
54	A Quiet Little Wedding without any Frills DaleBarkley	6:06
55	Thoughts on Spring DaleBarkley	3:50
56	The Same Old Thing DaleBarkley	6:34
57	The Veteran who died while getting his Pension DaleBarkley	5:37
58	Gingerbread Poems and Cold Pickled Facts DaleBarkley	5:13
59	Origin of Beautiful Snow DaleBarkley	6:03
60	Ute Eloquence DaleBarkley	3:30
61	The Aged Indian's Lament DaleBarkley	3:54
62	How a Mining Stampede breaks out DaleBarkley	4:23
63	The Great Rocky Mountain Re-union of Yaller Dogs DaleBarkley	3:54
64	What Woman's Suffrage has done for Wyoming DaleBarkley	5:12
65	Portuguese without a Master DaleBarkley	5:45
66	The Rocky Mountain Hog DaleBarkley	3:11
67	The Buckness wherewith the Buck Beer Bucketh DaleBarkley	1:53
68	Billious Nye and the Amateur Stage DaleBarkley	3:36
69	A Journalistic Correction DaleBarkley	1:31
70	Bankrupt Sale of Literary Gems DaleBarkley	1:45
71	Thoughts on Marriage DaleBarkley	4:42
72	A Ute Presidential Convention DaleBarkley	11:52
73	The Club-footed Lover of Piute Pass DaleBarkley	7:17
74	The Automatic Liar DaleBarkley	3:45
75	Some Post-office Fiends DaleBarkley	6:01
76	Agriculture at an altitude of 7,500 feet DaleBarkley	2:53
77	The Gentle Youth from Leadville DaleBarkley	3:04
78	A Snide Journalist DaleBarkley	6:42
79	He Was Blind DaleBarkley	3:49
80	Thoughts of the Mellow Previously DaleBarkley	3:43
81	My Tombstone Mine DaleBarkley	6:22
82	Bankrupt Sale of a Circus DaleBarkley	5:58
83	Greeley versus Valley Tan DaleBarkley	1:38
84	The Eternal Fitness of Things DaleBarkley	3:01
85	They Unanimously Arose and Hung Him DaleBarkley	4:04
86	Rhetoric versus Woodtick DaleBarkley	5:32
87	The Model Wife DaleBarkley	5:53
88	Some Overland Tourists DaleBarkley	6:01
89	Catching Mountain Trout at an elevation of 8,000 feet DaleBarkley	4:23
90	Home-made Indian Relics DaleBarkley	6:38
91	The Previous Reporter DaleBarkley	3:02
92	The Peace Commission DaleBarkley	4:20
93	Some Answers to Correspondents DaleBarkley	6:19
94	The Crow Indian and His Caws DaleBarkley	4:25
95	The Nuptials of Dangerous Davis DaleBarkley	4:18
96	The Holiday Hog DaleBarkley	1:35
97	Some Census Conundrums DaleBarkley	2:29
98	The Gentle Power of a Woman's Influence DaleBarkley	4:18
99	The Native Inborn Shiftlessness of the Prairie Dogs DaleBarkley	2:03
100	Answers to Correspondents DaleBarkley	7:14
101	The Secret of Garfield's Election DaleBarkley	4:35
102	Perils of the Butternut Picker DaleBarkley	6:57
103	A Word or Two about the Swallow DaleBarkley	4:10
104	Laughing Sam DaleBarkley	3:02
105	The Calamity Jane Consolidated DaleBarkley	2:10
106	The Nocturnal Cow DaleBarkley	3:34
107	The Relentless Garden Hose DaleBarkley	1:31
108	A Wail DaleBarkley	2:16
109	The Great, Horrid Man Receiveth New Year Calls DaleBarkley	2:53
110	Just the Thing DaleBarkley	1:41
111	Thanks DaleBarkley	1:32
112	An Anti-Mormon Town DaleBarkley	1:33
113	A Christmas Ride in July DaleBarkley	2:01
114	Examining the Brand on a Frozen Steer DaleBarkley	1:28
115	Onion Peelin's DaleBarkley	3:20