Monte Walsh has never met a horse he couldn't ride, and Chet Rollins has never met one he couldn't rope. For a decade they are unbeatable and inseparable, working as trail hands throughout the West until finally settling with Cal Brennan's Slash Y. Their rough cowboy ethics see them through every imaginable challenge: blizzards, rustlers, outlaws, and card games gone wrong. Partial to pretty women, gambling, and practical jokes, Monte is often on the receiving end of trouble, while Chet is always there to break him out of ...
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Monte Walsh has never met a horse he couldn't ride, and Chet Rollins has never met one he couldn't rope. For a decade they are unbeatable and inseparable, working as trail hands throughout the West until finally settling with Cal Brennan's Slash Y. Their rough cowboy ethics see them through every imaginable challenge: blizzards, rustlers, outlaws, and card games gone wrong. Partial to pretty women, gambling, and practical jokes, Monte is often on the receiving end of trouble, while Chet is always there to break him out of jail or serve as a decoy until Monte can get out of town in a hurry. As the West begins to change, however--the automobile replacing the horse, the herds breaking up--the two friends part ways. Chet marries and goes on to become a successful merchant, banker, and politician; but Monte, unable to imagine anything but the cowboy's way of life, refuses to the end to leave the range.
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And, Monte Walsh is an awfully good book. It has a great story, wonderful characters and is one of those books you hate to see end. It is as good or in some respects better than Shane, those respects being a lot of stories woven into the big one of the book. The real difference between Shane and Monte Walsh is the movie Shane was and remains a classic. The two attempts at Monte Walsh as movies were not just inadequqte, but not good at all. But, back to this book, read it.
Birdy
Sep 8, 2007
One of my favourite books of all time
My father and I first read a paperback version of this book over 30 years ago - again and again - until the book finally fell apart. It's funny, poignant and poetic. It makes me want to ride the wide open plains and meet all the characters, especially Monte, who I know I'd have fallen in love with! Unfortunately I live in a town, but I can dream......
