Monte Walsh by Jack Schaefer

Monte Walsh, first published in 1963, continues to enchant readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The story follows Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West transforms and their cowboy antics are called into question, the two must separate ways to pursue new opportunities. Chet marries and goes on to become a prosperous merchant and later a politician, whereas Monte can only find satisfaction in continuing the cowboy lifestyle till the end.

Author Schaefer explores the end of the Old West with wit and pathos. In a series of loosely related stories, he wonderfully captures the life and times of working cowboy Walsh, sidekick Chet Rollins, and other notable Slash Y characters. There will be shootings, cattle drives, winter storms, and spring floods, as well as cattle rustling, romancin', and horse breaking. When pushed to their limits, man and beast must choose whether to live or die.

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