The Day the Cowboys Quit (Texas Tradition Series)

Brand: Texas Christian University Press

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UPC:
9780875650548
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1986-01-01
Author:
Elmer Kelton
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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From one of the West's greatest living storytellers, winner of numerous awards, including the Golden Spur, the Saddleman, and the Western Heritage Award, here is Elmer Kelton's rousing novel of the Canadian River cowboy strike of 1883.

This was cowboy country once: a land of hardworking hands who rode for the brand come hell or high water.Now a different breed is moving in--big outfits backed by Eastern syndicates and run by power-hungry managers, men who figure to make a profit, even if it means crowding a cowboy too far...

Hugh Hitchcock tried to keep the peace between rancher and cowboy, but when push came to shove the wagon boss knew where his loyalties lay.And whenthe ranchers stole his cattle, when they lynched his friend and hired a back shooter to put him in his grave, he kept on fighting...because even is they took everything he had, they couldn't touch his pride--or his willingness to fight to the bloody end.