Hewey Calloway has a problem. In his West Texas home of 1906, the land and the way of life that he loves are changing too quickly for his taste.Hewey dreams of freedom - he wants only to be a footloose horseback cowboy, endlessly wandering the open range. But the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing: land is being parceled out, and barbed-wire fences are springing up all over. As if that weren't enough, cars and other machines are invading Hewey's simple cowboy life, stinking up the area and threatening to ...
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Hewey Calloway has a problem. In his West Texas home of 1906, the land and the way of life that he loves are changing too quickly for his taste.Hewey dreams of freedom - he wants only to be a footloose horseback cowboy, endlessly wandering the open range. But the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing: land is being parceled out, and barbed-wire fences are springing up all over. As if that weren't enough, cars and other machines are invading Hewey's simple cowboy life, stinking up the area and threatening to replace horse travel. As Hewey struggles against the relentless stream of progress, he comes to realize that the simple life of his childhood is gone, that a man can't live a life whose time has passed, and that every choice he makes - even those that lead to happiness - requires a sacrifice.
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Add this copy of The Good Old Boys (Texas Tradition Series) to cart. $12.73, good condition, Sold by Patrico Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Apollo Beach, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Texas Christian University Press.
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Very Good + in Very Good + jacket. Signed and inscribed by the auhtor at half-title page. Black cloth over boards with red particulars to spine and red cowboy boot emblem to spine and front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block is lightly foxed; soiling to fore edge near rear board. Boards are clean and bright with rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine; soiling to spine; corners and tail of spine bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean with light rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine; sunning to spine.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0912646969. Signed by author on title page. Hard cover republished by TCU Press in 1985. Black covers with red boot on front and red lettering on spine. Corners of covers and ends of spine have slight rubbing. Book is in near fine condition. Dust jacket has slight wrinkling at upper corners and some wrinkling at top by spine, and is in very good condition.; Texas Tradition Series; 8.80 X 6 X 0.90 inches; 258 pages; Signed by Author.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Named Best Novel of the Year by Western Writers of America and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1978. Kelton signed this copy on half-title page. 257 pp. Bright, crisp, clean and tight copy with like dust jacket in protective cover.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) A square solid tight carefully read copy. The 16.95 jacket has some light rubbing, light edge wear. Re-Issue of the Doubleday Edition originally published in 1978. This copy has been inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Elmer. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
Hewey Calloway is pretty much your typical Elmer Kelton protagonist--rootless, a drifter--one who gets into trouble without half trying. But when the chips are down, and he is needed, in this case to help his brother who had settled down and was raising a family, he does what needs to be done. Elmer Kelton creates mostly believable characters who act and behave the way a lot of people we know behave. That is what made him the author he was.
MacLvr88
May 23, 2009
Real West
This book is an enjoyable, quick read that includes lots of info about how people really were during those times.
keltonfan
Oct 9, 2008
Great READ!!
Not only a GREAT WESTERN, but a well written book. A pleasure to read and looking forward to more of Kelton's work.
