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The Last Cattle Drive is a novel about a cattle drive in the early 1900s. It was published in 1977 and has since become a classic. The anniversary edition features a foreword by Howard R. Lamar, an afterword by Robert Day, and "The Last Cattle Drive Stampede," a piece by Day about failed attempts to make a movie of the book.
First published in 1977, Robert Day's
The Last Cattle Drive-an instant bestseller and Book-of-the-Month Club selection-is now a modern-day Western classic. This raucous, rollicking novel of a cattle drive in the age of the automobile revived a genre and added its own special twists in capturing the imagination of readers nationwide. This anniversary edition features a foreword by acclaimed Western historian Howard R. Lamar, reflecting on the novel's enduring popularity; an afterword by Robert Day recalling the experience of writing the novel and commenting on his own literary heroes (among them Mark Twain); and "The Last Cattle Drive Stampede," Day's hilarious piece about failed attempts to make a movie of the book.
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