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Cowboy Hewey Calloway travels with his beloved brother Walter to west Texas in search of work. Along the way, he struggles to prevent Walter’s ill-fated marriage and undertakes the formidable task of driving six hundred cattle to a Pecos ranch, confronting danger at every turn.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Western Fiction/Historical Western
Authors: Elmer Kelton
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