01688cam a2200373 i 4500 605755784 TxAuBib 20210213120000.0 240229|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780812574500 mass market paperback 0812574508 mass market paperback 037145005997 57450 9780812574500 50599 (OCoLC)1198382262 TxAuBib rda Kelton, Elmer, author. The Day the Cowboys Quit / Elmer Kelton. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 1999, c1971. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. ©1971. 281 pages ; 17 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Texas Tradition series ; ; 7 "A Forge book". 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 liveable 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. 20210218. Cowboys -- Fiction Fiction. Ranchers -- Fiction. Western Fiction. Texas -- Fiction. Texas Tradition series ; ; 7.