The Good Old Boys
 

The Good Old Boys

by Elmer Kelton

Hewey Calloway has a problem. In his West Texas home of 1906, the land of 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 spring up all... (read more)

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Bittersweet tale of a cowboy who can't seem to change with the times. Made into a fine TV movie starring Tommy Lee Jones and Sissy Spacek.

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