Elmer Kelton
The Day the Cowboys Quit
Texas Christian University Press, Forth Worth
The Day the Cowboys Quit written by Elmer Kelton is an old western novel based on the events of the strike that took place at old Tascosa in the Texas Panhandle in 1883. It portraits in a very unique and interesting way the social, political, and economical changes that were taking place in the years before and after the Civil War in Texas; how the cowboys who for long had being men that in a way represented freedom itself (For being able to go anywhere they wanted to, at any given time, and could survive with little to no money on their pockets)? Were falling victims to the stereotype of being a bunch of drunks, and downgraded to a regular employee, that was slowly losing its privileges shortly after the arrival of the wealthy corporations drawn in by the “Beef Bonanza”.
In this story we meet Hugh Hitchcock who is the main character, his friends Rascal and Law McGinty who like him......

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Title: The Days The Cowboys Quit
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