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

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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