'May the spirit of the lowly burro enrich your life with simple kindness'. Wm. G. Long (Supreme Court Judge, Retired).
Judge Long wrote his book as a 'labor of love'-- motivated in part by his "life-time experiences with human jackasses" in divorce and juvenile court cases. Upon retirement, the judge and his wife travelled over the historical donkey trails in Western U.S. and while travelling they researched national libraries to learn about the 6,000 years of service given to humanity by burros, donkeys and jackasses.