books by Elmer Kelton

books by Elmer Kelton

books:

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Hard Trail To Follow (Texas Rangers)

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2008

Reviewing: "Hard Trail To Follow"
Andy Pickard loves Bethel and there is no doubt about that. In his late 20's, this former Texas Ranger understands why Bethel won't leave the family farm and her ill mother. He doesn't understand why Farley Brackett, his future brother-in-law hates him so much or why ...

Shotgun

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2009

Elmer Kelton "Shotgun"
I received the book and it was as advertised in new condition. Pleased with the service and the condition.

The Time It Never Rained

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2008

READ THIS BOOK! Perhaps a good book for a book club?
This is a beautifully told story about west Texas during the 1950's that examines several topics that are incredibly relevant for American in 2009. Although it is a work of fiction, it broaches the subjects of dealing with a horrible economy, government bailout ...

The Day the Cowboys Quit

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2008

Well-written story of conflict on the open range. . .
Kelton's novel has some of the ingredients of pulp western fiction - big ranchers against the little guys, justice at the end of a rope, an honorable hero wearing a sheriff's badge - but he brings a great deal of insight, experience, and historical background to the ...

The Good Old Boys

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 1999

Takes me back there
I hope some day they show this to the kids in school. This is the way it really was. I lived there from 1953-1958, and even after so many years away, and despite the fact that the setting is removed by 50 years, the country and the kinds of people were virtually ...

The Rebels: Sons of Texas

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2008

A Refresher Course in the History of the Revolution
It has been over 30 years since my 7th grade history class on Texas History in Houston. Mr Kelton's book was a warm, welcome refresher course, brought to life with his characterizations. "The Rebels" is like a visit from an old friend.

Texas Sunrise: Two Novels of the Texas Republic

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2010

Superb Kelton Two-Fer
You just can't go wrong with Kelton. This is the 3rd of the two-fer paperback originals released by Forge--the earlier titles being TEXAS SHOWDOWN and MANY A RIVER. Unlike those, this one really makes sense--MASSACRE AT GOLIAD (1965) and AFTER THE BUGLES (1967) being a ...

Many a River

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2009

Holds attention beginning to end
Reviewed by Lisa Kisner for Reader Views (9/08) Jeffrey and Todd Barfield are traveling west with their parents searching for the perfect home site to live and farm. Their dreams for the future are shattered when Comanche Indians attack their camp and kill both ...

Other Men's Horses (Texas Rangers)

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2009

The last one was a good one
I was not disappointed in any way by this book, except that it was Kelton's last book. He will be sorely missed. He reuses some tried and true formulas and puts them together in a good book. A good read all around.

Buffalo Wagons

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 1997

Thanks, Kindra!
I'm not normally a lover of Westerns, but I have Mr. Kelton's granddaughter in a class I teach and she talked a lot about her author grandfather, so I finally gave in and purchased a copy of one of his books. I guess I owe the granddaughter a big "Thank you," as ...

The Way of the Coyote (Texas Rangers)

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2002

wstrnnut
This is the fourth Elmer Kelton book I have read this year and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you are looking for an authentic western with believable plot and story line ... you can't go wrong with Elmer Kelton. Staged in the reconstruction years of early Texas, it ...

Pecos Crossing

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2008

PECOS CROSSING
ANOTHER GOOD KELTON BOOK...IVE READ MANY OF HIS NOVELS, IF YOU LIKE WESTERNS, YOU SHOULD LIKE THIS ONE. X RANGER SEEKING REVENGE FOR THE KILLING OF HIS NEWLY WED WIFE. STRAIGHT FORWARD TALE,NOT A LOT OF SUB PLOTS. I CONFESS, IM A TRUE FAN OF ELMER KELTON.

Joe Pepper (Tales of Texas)

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2002

wstrnnut
I have read (and loved) many books by Elmer Kelton, but this one is different from them all. Right out of the gate, you realize that this is one continuous story, told to a preacher by a presumably condemned man. It is sad, funny, realistic and believable ... all in ...

The Man Who Rode Midnight (Texas Tradition Series)

Elmer Kelton

Texas Christian University Press, 1990

As usual, a superb Kelton book
What makes Elmer Kelton stand out is not only his style of writing, and his subject matter (the value of which, I admit, is subjective), but the admirable qualities of his characters. In so many other books, main characters are filled with angst and cynicism, and a ...

Barbed Wire

Elmer Kelton

Forge Books, 2007

BARBED WIRE IS TO THE POINT!!!
Have read several books by Elmer Kelton and have enjoyed them all. This one is no exception. It is about Doug Monahan and the stringing of barbed wire in Texas when it was not popular. He is fought by Andrew Rinehart who has been there a long time and has always done ...