Elmer Kelton – författare

Long Way to Texas brings together three rare Kelton novels, all with Texas roots.

The Good Old Boys and The Smiling Country pairs two wonderful novels by one of the most honored of all western writers, Elmer KeltonThe Good Old BoysHewey Calloway has a problem. He wants to be a footloose cowboy, endlessly wandering the land on horseback, but the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing. Land is being parceled out, barbed-wire fences are springing up all over, and cars are replacing the horse as a mode of transportation. Swimming against the tide of “progress,” Hewey begins to understand that the time of the cowboy is over, that the life he dreams of has become part of the past. He must find a new path to happiness—one that may require a great sacrifice.The Smiling CountryIt is now 1910 and Hewey Calloway’s freewheeling life is coming to an end—the fences, trucks, and automobiles he hates are even creeping in to remote Alpine in the “smiling country” of West Texas. When he is badly injured trying to break a renegade horse, Hewey’s regrets over his lost love, schoolteacher Spring Renfro haunt him as he sees the loneliness that awaits him. The Smiling Country is filled with humor, love, and the lore of the cowboy life at a time when the great, free, open ranges of the West were adjusting to a new, technological era.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Two novels from seven-time Spur Award–winning author Elmer Kelton, "truly a Texas legend" (former Texas Governor Rick Perry), After the Bugles and Llano River. After the BuglesJoshua Buckalew has left behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother Thomas. The war with Mexico has cost him much, but it has also given him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna. Josh is travelling with Ramon Hernandez, his best friend and the man who had fought with him. Where they are going, he isn''t quite sure. His home is in ashes—burned by either the retreating Texans or the advancing Mexican Army—and the land is full of bandits and opportunists who would happily shoot Ramon simply because he is Mexican. Exiles in the land they had fought to liberate, Josh and Ramon struggle to rebuild their lives after the bugles.Llano RiverWhen former cattle man Dundee wanders into the town of Titusville, he''s broke, tired, and itching for a fight. Instead, he gets a job offer from none other than the top man in town, John Titus. Titus recruits Dundee to find out who''s rustling his extensive herd of cattle. But for Titus, it isn''t enough that Dundee find the missing cattle. He wants to place the blame on a specific person: Blue Roan Hardesty, a one-time friend turned sworn enemy of the powerful Titus clan. All Titus needs is hard proof, and Dundee is just the man to get it.What Dundee uncovers creates a shooting war out of a simmering feud...with him in the middle.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Books 6 & 7 in Elmer Kelton''s acclaimed Texas Rangers series, offered together at one low priceJericho’s Road“This is Jericho’s Road. Take the Other.” When young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is assigned to the Texas-Mexico border, he learns the meaning of this ominous notice on the edge of a great tract of land above the Rio Grande. Rancher Jericho Jackson is at war with a similarly ruthless cattle baron on the Mexican side of the river. The two men are rustling each other’s cattle, raiding and killing on both sides of the border, and heading for a bloody showdown—with only Pickard and his fellow Texas Rangers standing between them.Hard Trail to FollowFormer Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is following the plow in West Texas when he learns that his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing, has been killed during a jailbreak led by a man called Cordell. Reinstated as a Ranger so he can get justice for Tom Blessing, Andy pursues Cordell even as evidence mounts that the escaped man did not kill Blessing. Pickard will see justice done no matter what it takes.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The final novels in the Texas Rangers series from genre-defining Western writer Elmer Kelton, offered together at one low priceOther Men''s HorsesWhen Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is ordered to arrest Donley Bannister for murder, it turns out to be anything but a routine duty. Instead, the mission is interrupted by an ugly racial incident, an assault, and murder. Pickard must unravel this tangled series of events to bring an accused killer to justice.Texas StandoffTexas Ranger Andy Pickard is sent to investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts. The two biggest cattlemen in the area blame each other, but neither man looks guilty. The case is complicated by the rise of "regulators"—masked vigilantes—and the arrival of a notorious hired gunman. A standoff in the county jail will bring to justice the men responsible for the killings and thievery.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Two classic wild westerns in one volume from seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton.Shadow of a StarDeputy Sheriff Jim-Bob McClain isn''t sure he''s ready to follow in his father''s footsteps as the law in Coolridge County. In fact, he has a hard enough time keeping the peace between the drunks in the local saloon. But with tough Sheriff Mont Naylor to back him up he figures he can handle whatever comes his way.Jim-Bob''s first real assignment is no piece of cake. He must escort a ruthless outlaw into the hands of justice. All seems well with the lawless killer firmly in Jim-Bob''s custody. But nothing prepares him for an angry mob, determined to take the law into their own hands and provide their own brand justice: a hangman''s noose.Pecos CrossingJohnny Fristo and Speck Quitman, young, hard-working cowboys from Fort Concho, Texas, have worked six months--at $20 a month--on the Devil''s River. Their boss, a hawk-faced cow trader named Larramore, reneges on the money he owes the boys and sneaks out of the cow camp and heads for San Angelo.Fristo is tall and thin, his mind a hundred miles away; Quitman is short, bandy-legged, and "bedazzled by the flash of cards and the slosh of whiskey." The two are as different as sun and moon but are inseparable—and now they have a mission: find Larramore and extract the money he owes them.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Hanging Judge and Bowie''s Mine offers two classic novels of the Old West for one low price, by renowned Western writer Elmer Kelton. Hanging Judge Justin Moffitt is eager to help keep the peace as a deputy marshal in small-town Texas. That is, until Justin is assigned to the wrong marshal--a "hanging judge" who is as famous for his ruthlessness as he is for his commitment to justice. When Justin''s boss hangs a controversial criminal, Justin must defend himself against an army of friends and relatives, desperate for revenge. Bowie’s MineDaniel Provost is the son of a farmer. Living up to his father''s high standards for the farm is very hard work, but his life is basically comfortable and a loving woman is waiting to become his wife.When a well-traveled stranger, bearing a story of Jim Bowie''s legendary silver mine, appears at the farm, Daniel might just throw away everything for the chance at adventure he thought had passed him by.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

With Captain''s Rangers and The Day the Cowboys Quit, this omnibus by legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton offers two novels of the American West at one low priceCaptain’s RangersIn 1875, nearly forty years after the Mexican War, Mexicans and Texans are still spilling blood over ownership of the Nueces Strip—a hot, dry stretch of coastal prairie that bushwackers and horse thieves have turned into a lawless hell. Captain L.H. McNelly, a complex and determined Confederate veteran, is brought into the Nueces Strip for one purpose: to keep the peace. His measures are harsh and controversial, but McNelly wasn’t sent to be popular. In this boiler pot of killing and racial hatred, however, even his methods may not be enough to bring lasting peace.The Day the Cowboys Quit1833. Canadian River cowboy country is changing as a different breed moves in—big outfits backed by Eastern syndicates and run by power-hungry “managers” who figure to make a profit, even if it means crowding a cowboy too far. Wagon boss Hugh Hitchcock tries to keep the peace between rancher and cowboy. But when the ranchers steal his cattle, lynch his friend, and hire a back shooter to put him in his grave, he joins the fight himself. They may take everything he has, but they cannot touch his pride—or his willingness to fight to the bloody end.At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.