Kelton, Elmer

Overview

Works:	501 works in 2,075 publications in 2 languages and 97,522 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Western fiction History Historical fiction Biography Manuscripts War fiction Personal narratives‡vAmerican Juvenile works Personal narratives
Roles:	Author, Contributor, Performer, Creator, Editor
Classifications:	PS3561.E3975, 813.54

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton and West Texas : a literary relationship by Judy Alter( )
The man who rode midnight by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Sandhills boy : the winding trail of a Texas writer by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Sandhills boy : the winding trail of a Texas writer by Elmer Kelton( )
Elmer Kelton : essays and memories( )

My kind of heroes by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Christmas at the ranch by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Elmer Kelton country : the short nonfiction of a Texas novelist by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Elmer Kelton by Lawrence Clayton( Book )
Elmer Kelton tells the truth : his best talks on the Old West, cowboys & writing by Elmer Kelton( )
Living and writing in West Texas : two speeches by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Elmer Kelton tells the truth : five talks on the Old West, cowboys & writing the western novel by Elmer Kelton( )
The best Christmas by Elmer Kelton( Book )
Elmer Kelton : one collector's bibliography by Jerry E Hunt( Book )
The theme of change : the thread running through six Kelton novels by Sherry Decker Power( )
Bittersweet Texas : a literary biography of Elmer Kelton by Lewis V Toland( )
Special edition, the works of Elmer Kelton( Book )
The triumph of tradition in six novels of Elmer Kelton, 1971-1998 by Ira Yates Blanton( )
Elmer Kelton : 30 years of Western fiction by Elmer Kelton( Book )
History, realism and the western : the portrayal of race in four novels by Elmer Kelton by Malek Hardan Mohammad( Book )

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Most widely held works by Elmer Kelton

Hard trail to follow by Elmer Kelton( Book )

37 editions published between 1971 and 2013 in English and German and held by 3,335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Former Texas Ranger Andy "Badger Boy" Pickard leaves his fiancee's north central Texas farm to pursue Luther Cordell, the outlaw ringleader he believes responsible for the death of his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing

Badger boy by Elmer Kelton( Book )

27 editions published between 1999 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David "Rusty" Shannon, proud member of a "ranging company" attempting to protect Texas settlers from Indian depredations, finds that the rangers are being disbanded. He makes his way home to his land on the Red River, hoping to take up the life of a farmer and the hand of the beloved girl he left behind, Geneva Monahan

The buckskin line by Elmer Kelton( Book )

28 editions published between 1999 and 2008 in English and held by 1,990 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A novel on the early days of the Texas Rangers when they were merely groups of low-paid cowboys, without badges, protecting ranches from Indians. The hero, Rusty Shannon, runs into a band of Indians which killed his family when he was a child

Six bits a day by Elmer Kelton( Book )

22 editions published between 2004 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,947 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cowboy Hewey Calloway travels to west Texas with his beloved brother, Walter, to find work, struggles to prevent his brother's ill-fated marriage, and drives six hundred head of cattle to a Pecos ranch in the face of dangerous challenges

Many a river by Elmer Kelton( Book )

14 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,913 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Barfield brothers are separated by a Comanche raid. Years later, they are destined to be reunited and discover how their separate lives have changed them

Other men's horses by Elmer Kelton( Book )

19 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Setting out to arrest a trader accused of killing a horse thief, young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard finds the case complicated by the trader's honor-bound nature, a situation that makes Andy wonder if he is fighting on the right side

Sons of Texas by Elmer Kelton( Book )

18 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in English and held by 1,861 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ambushed in 1816 Texas for trying to capture wild horses, the sons of murdered veteran and farmer Mordecai Lewis are eventually permitted to resettle in Texas, where they are treated as horse thieves by Spanish patrolmen

The time it never rained by Elmer Kelton( Book )

28 editions published between 1973 and 2013 in English and held by 1,858 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man's biggest enemy is one he can't control. With their entire livelihood pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush their whole enterprise, to determine who stands and who falls, and to take food out of the mouths of the workers and their families. To Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a foe that he must fight on his own grounds. Refusing the questionable "help" of federal aid programs, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again - if it ever rains again

The rebels : sons of Texas by Elmer Kelton( Book )

18 editions published between 1990 and 2013 in English and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the mid-1830s, the Lewis brothers--Andrew, Michael, and James--the sons of Mordecai Lewis, become caught up in the fierce battle for Texas independence from Mexico

The pumpkin rollers by Elmer Kelton( Book )

15 editions published between 1996 and 2013 in English and held by 1,825 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A farmboy becomes a cowboy in 1870s Texas. He is Trey McLean who leaves his father's homestead to head west with a few dollars in his pocket, which he promptly loses in a card game. But he finds work, survives Indians and gunmen, and becomes a professional drover. By the author of The Far Canyon

The raiders : sons of Texas by Elmer Kelton( Book )

21 editions published between 1989 and 2013 in English and held by 1,777 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sons of a man who led the fight for Texas's independence, Michael and Andrew Lewis settle down on a parcel of frontier land, only to be swept up in the fury of the Mexican-American War

Texas standoff : a novel of the Texas Rangers by Elmer Kelton( Book )

24 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,756 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Newly married Texas Ranger Andy Pickard has to put his dream of settling down on his little patch of Texas ranch land aside when he and his new partner, Logan Daggett, are dispatched to central Texas to the scene of a series of murders and cattle thefts

Cloudy in the West by Elmer Kelton( Book )

20 editions published between 1997 and 2013 in English and held by 1,726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1880s Texas after his father dies, Joey Shipman, 12, runs away from home to avoid being killed by his mother's lover who doesn't want Joey to inherit the ranch. Joey joins a band of outlaws and after many adventures returns to the ranch for a shootout to take possession of what is by right his

The smiling country by Elmer Kelton( Book )

21 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 1,700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A cowboy struggles to adapt to the modern world in 1910s Texas. Hewey Calloway finds it difficult to accept fences, cars and, worst of all--sheep. Also, he is advancing in years, though here there is a consolation, he is teaching the trade to his nephew

Ranger's trail by Elmer Kelton( Book )

15 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In the spring of 1874 the Ranger companies that protect settlers against Indian raids and outlaw bands are being reorganized, and David "Rusty" Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment. But Shannon has new goals for his life; he is in love with Josie Monahan, daughter of the family that adopted him, and he intends to marry Josie and take her to his farm on the Colorado River."--Jacket

Slaughter by Elmer Kelton( Book )

11 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two ways of life collide when a Comanche warrior and a buffalo hunter meet on the southern plains

The far canyon by Elmer Kelton( Book )

22 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in English and held by 1,567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1874 Jeff Layne, a Confederate veteran and reformed hide hunter sick of killing both men and buffalo, is on his way back to Texas to revive the family ranch, which fell into carpetbagger hands. Sequel to: Slaughter

Dark thicket by Elmer Kelton( Book )

23 editions published between 1985 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When Owen Danforth returns to Texas, the war between the states is nearly, but he finds himself in the middle of another civil war--between the murderous Home Guards and the supporters of Sam Houston, who opposed secession

The way of the coyote by Elmer Kelton( Book )

2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 1,488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Former Comanche captive Rusty Shannon tries to resume a normal life after the end of the Civil War, but instead finds himself confronted by racial tension, murderous outlaws, brutal Comanche bands, and his nemesis--the deadly Oldham brothers

The wolf and the buffalo by Elmer Kelton( Book )

19 editions published between 1980 and 1997 in English and German and held by 1,394 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the story of a young Comanche warrior and a black cavalryman in the post-Civil War Army, both seeking freedom in a white man's world

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