The old "yaller" shirt: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The old "yaller" shirt is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Humphreys, Ray.
Catalogue synopsis
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The old "yaller" shirt by Ray Humphreys is a Western short story written in the late 1920s. It centers on a rodeo bronc rider whose stubborn loyalty to a worn yellow shirt stirs conflict, tests character in the arena, and ultimately signals love and good fortune. A towering bronc buster, Thad Sowers, refuses his boss John O’Day’s order to replace his faded yellow silk shirt, even when threatened with dismissal. For his supposed last ride, a rancher named Bernard Harley brings a notorious gray outlaw and insists the “man in the yaller shirt” ride it. Thad endures a brutal, spectacular bucking battle; the horse twice smashes into the rail, breaks its neck, and dies, while Thad, already badly hurt with a broken leg and ribs, never quits the saddle. Harley admits the bronc was tormented to hate yellow. Shaken, O’Day retracts the firing, pledges Thad a permanent place—and the right to wear the shirt. It’s then revealed the shirt was a good-luck gift from O’Day’s daughter, June; the two declare their love as the doctor assures Thad will live.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The old "yaller" shirt
- Author credits: Humphreys, Ray
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Colorado -- Fiction
- Love stories
- Rodeos -- Fiction
- Short stories
- Western stories
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