The Cowboy Way: Stories of the Old West

by Elmer Kelton

Overview

No one writes the old west like Seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton. In The Cowboy Way, Kelton captures the action, adventure, brotherhood and betrayal of the old west, chronicling the highs and lows of cowboy life in these sixteen stories, collected together for the first time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250768971
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/11/2021
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,088,075
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

ELMER KELTON (1926-2009) was the seven-time Spur Award-winning author of more than forty novels, including the Texas Rangers series, the Hewey Calloway series, and the Buckalew Family series. He was also the recipient of the Owen Wister Lifetime Achievement award. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for forty-two years, and served in the infantry in World War II. He passed away in 2009.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

"Hewey and the Wagon Cook"

"Fighting for the Brand"

"Coward"

"The Black Sheep"

"A Bad Cow Market"

"Duster"

"No Music for Fiddle Feet"

"The Debt of Hardy Buckelew"

"The Burial of Letty Strayhorn"

"Horse Well"

"Continuity"

"Yellow Devil"

"Dry Winter"

"The Reluctant Shepherd"

"That 7X Bull"

"Man on the Wagon Tongue"

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Cowboy Way

“Texas as a myth looms large in the American psyche. The late Kelton perfected that myth... the storylines vary, each one is tinged with nostalgia—which might be exactly what readers are looking for from such a timeless author.”

—Booklist

Praise for Elmer Kelton

“One of the best.”

—The New York Times

“You can never go wrong if .. . you pick up a title by Elmer Kelton.”

—American Cowboy

“One of the greatest and most gifted of Western writers.”

—Historical Novel Society

“One of America’s premier Western writers.”

—The Dallas Morning News

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