The Day The Cowboys Quit

ELMER KELTON

Publication: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1971, Garden City

First edition. Signed boldly by the author on the front fly leaf. Fine in dust jacket lightly soiled on the white rear panel, lightly sunned on the spine, and with light professional restoration to spine ends. "The time is 1883,the place is the Texas Panhandle. Cowboys refuse to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who don't pay livable wages. Those very same ranchers want to take away the cowboys' right to own cattle because this ownership, the ranchers believe, would lead to thieving. So, in 1883, the dictum is set: If you're a cowboy, you can't own a cow. When rumors of such legislation travel from wagon to wagon, the cowboys decided to rally and fight for their rights ... they gather together and strike." Dust jacket promotional blurb says "An unusual, vivid novel of the Old West; a colorful, authentic portrait of the cowboy." A handsome copy

Inventory Number: 33688