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Wild West : Stories of the Old West by Elmer Kelton (2019, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-101250310555
ISBN-139781250310552
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038812158
Product Key Features
Book TitleWild West : Stories of the Old West
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2019
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Westerns
GenreFiction
AuthorElmer Kelton
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"One of the greatest and most gifted of Western writers." -- Historical Novel Society "Elmer Kelton is a Texas treasure." -- El Paso Herald-Post "Voted 'the greatest Western writer of all time' by the Western Writers of America, Kelton creates characters more complex than L'Amour's." -- Kirkus Reviews "Kelton writes of early Texas with unerring authority." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram "You can never go wrong if . . . you pick up a title by Elmer Kelton." -- American Cowboy "One of the best." -- The New York Times "A splendid writer." -- The Dallas Morning News "A genuine craftsman with an ear for dialogue and, more importantly, an understanding of the human heart." -- Booklist
Table Of Content1. A Heck of a Promise 2. Blind Canyon 3. Bullets from the Past 4. Climb the Big Rim 5. Colt Size 6. Land with No Law 7. No Epitaph for Me 8. One Son 9. Poison 10. Ride a Straight Road 11. Deadly Homecoming
SynopsisCompiled for the first time in book form, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton's short story collection, Wild West. From rodeos to rustlers, from ranch life to the outlaw trail, Elmer Kelton's take on the human condition shows us life in Texas as it was back then: simpler, but harder, with danger always present. Readers will meet several unforgettable characters, including a young veteran who overcomes his PTSD to fight a fire ravaging his town, a sheriff who continues to chase bandits despite having lost his job, and a frontier housewife who refuses to let her home be held hostage by dangerous criminals--even when all seems lost. Equally fascinating are the rancher and his wife who protect their adopted son when his abusive biological father returns unexpectedly, and the two women whose argument over a prospective lover leads to a no-holds-barred rodeo barrel race. As in all of Elmer Kelton's work, readers will, once again, encounter the timeless strength of the human heart and the human spirit when everything else has gone awry. Filled with adventure and imbued with a love of the time, the people, and the place, these stories take us from the earliest days of the Wild West well into the twentieth century, each one embodying a passion for life that's as wide as Texas sky.
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