This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE COWBOY WAY
Copyright © 2020 by Elmer Stephen Kelton Estate
All rights reserved.
Cover photographs: cowboy by DOUGBERRY / Getty Images; cattle by Michael Bittner / Shutterstock.com
Cover design by Russell Trakhtenberg
A Forge Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kelton, Elmer, author.
Title: The cowboy way / Elmer Stephen Kelton.
Description: First edition. | New York : Forge, A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020032178 | ISBN 978-1-250-76895-7 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-250-76896-4 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Western stories. | LCGFT: Short stories.
Classification: LCC PS3561.E3975 C69 2020 | DDC 813'.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020032178
eISBN 9781250768964
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First Edition: November 2020