Monte Walsh

by Jack Schaefer, Marc Simmons (Foreword by)

Overview

Originally published in 1963, Monte Walsh continues to delight readers as a Western classic and popular favorite. The novel explores the cowboy lives of Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins as they carouse, ride, and work at the Slash Y with Cal Brennan. As the West changes and their cowboy antics are challenged, the two must part ways to pursue new ways of life. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant and then a politician, while Monte can only find solace in continuing the cowboy's way of life until the very end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826358578
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	560
Sales rank:	504,466
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).

Editorial Reviews

"Many consider [Monte Walsh] one of the best Westerns ever written."

—True West

From the Publisher

"Simply one of the best literary works of the West."—Mark Evans, True West

True West - Mark Evans