The Lord God Made them All

While these memoirs are part of a larger collection of stories about the author's life as a veterinarian, each volume functions as a collection of vignettes that can be enjoyed independently without needing to follow a strict chronological sequence.

The stories are semi-autobiographical and blend the author's genuine experiences as a veterinary surgeon with embellished, magnified, or invented scenes and characters to enhance the narrative.

The various film and television adaptations of the author's work draw from the entire series of memoirs rather than adapting a single book, meaning they often feature a mix of stories from across his different volumes.