Six Bits a Day (2005) by Elmer Kelton
This novel is set in 1889 West Texas. A pair of brothers are looking for work in cattle country. They have many adventures, including being falsely accused of rustling. They run afoul of a desperate outlaw and a swindling carpetbagger. They work a cattle drive for “six bits a day.” They meet a former buffalo soldier.
This is a fine novel of “normal” life on the frontier without all of the sensationalist massacres and gunfights.
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