Hot Iron and The Time It Never Rained

Hot Iron and The Time It Never Rained PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2019-11-26

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 1250751446

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With Hot Iron and The Time It Never Rained, this omnibus by legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton offers two complete novels of the American West at one low price Hot Iron In the early days of the Texas panhandle, starting a new life is hard, but keeping it is even harder. Espy Norwood is a troubleshooter already wrestling with a slew of problems when he lands a job on a ranch on the Texas plains—and more trouble finds him. Bitter landowners plot against him, determined cattle thieves sneak right under his nose, and his own son refuses to trust or even know him. Can he catch the thieves, save the ranch, and win his son’s love? The Time It Never Rained To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man’s greatest enemy is one he can’t control. With entire livelihoods pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush whole enterprises, to determine who stands and falls, and to rob workers and their families of food. To Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a foe 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 will. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Time It Never Rained

The Time It Never Rained PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1429912936

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"The Time It Never Rained was inspired by actual events, when the longest and most severe drought in living memory pressed ranchers and farmers to the outer limits of courage and endurance."—Elmer Kelton, Seven-time Spur Award-winning author Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. And Rio Seco, meaning "dry river" in Spanish, symbolizes the biggest enemy of the ranchers and farmers in 1950s Texas, an enemy they can't control: drought. To cranky Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a battle that he must fight on his own grounds. Refusing the questionable "assistance" of federal aid programs and their bureaucratic regulations, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again—if it ever rains again. Charlie Flagg, among the strongest of Elmer Kelton's memorable creations, is no pasteboard hero. He is courageous and self-sufficient but as real as his harsh and unforgiving West Texas home country. His battle with an unfathomable foe is the stuff of epics and legends. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Hot Iron

Hot Iron PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1998-03-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0812551192

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In the early days of the Texas panhandle, Espy Norwood is a troubleshooter who's got troubles of his own. Bitter landowners plot against him, determined cattle thieves sneak right under his nose, and his own son refuses to trust or even know him. Can he catch the thieves, save the ranch, and win his son's love? Reissue.

The Time it Never Rained

The Time it Never Rained PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: TCU Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780912646893

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Repub. of Doubleday 1973 edition, with new introductions by Kelton and an afterword.

Jericho's Road and Hard Trail to Follow

Jericho's Road and Hard Trail to Follow PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2018-01-02

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13: 1250187087

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Books 6 & 7 in Elmer Kelton's acclaimed Texas Rangers series, offered together at one low price Jericho’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 Follow Former 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.

Wild West

Wild West PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1250161142

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"Collected for the first time in one volume"--Jacket.

Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2) Summer 1978

Paperback Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 2) Summer 1978 PDF

Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 1434403807

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Paperback Quarterly, A Journal for Paperback Collectors, Volume 1 Number 2, Summer 1978, contains: "P. Q. Interview with Elmer Kelton," "Collecting Armed Service Editions," by Charlotte Laughlin, "The Green Door Mystery," by Howard Waterhouse, "P. Q. Interview with Jada Davis," and "Almuric or 'Edgar Rice Burroughs Visits the Hyborian Age, '" by Michael T. Smith.

Long Way to Texas

Long Way to Texas PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2011-09-27

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 076532976X

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

Donovan

Donovan PDF

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2003-11-17

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1429912839

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Donovan was supposed to be dead. The town of Dry Fork, southern Texas, had buried him years before when Uncle Joe Vickers had fired off both barrels of a shotgun into the vicious outlaw's face as he was escaping from jail. Now, Uncle Joe has been shot-in just the same way. And Judge Upshaw had found a noose hanging on his door. It looked as though Donovan was back-gunning for the people who had tracked him down and tried him. Sheriff Webb Matlock, a stern, quiet man, had more than one reason to find Donovan; Matlock was in love with the woman he had believed to be Donovan's widow; moreover, there were rumors that his hotheaded younger brother Sandy might have joined up with Donovan's gang. For his own peace of mind, and to protect the townspeople who had been threatened, Matlock decided to slip across the border, find Donovan in his Mexican hideout, and bring him back-or kill him. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Notes From Texas

Notes From Texas PDF

Author: W. C. Jameson

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2013-05-31

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0875654681

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From the Guadalupe Mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert to the Hill Country to the Red River, the vast geographic landscape of Texas has afforded the cultural depth and diversity to inspire its writers. The richness of Texas folklore, history, and traditions has left an unmistakable mark on the art of the region. Both native and transplant Texas writers alike have been keenly shaped by the distinctive aroma of fresh corn tortillas, tales of Mescalero Apaches, and Tejano and ranchera music. Jameson has compiled an assorted collection of fourteen essays by some of the most prominent Texas writers through which he hopes to explore the following questions: “How did they accomplish their goals? Why did they choose the writing life? What influence did the history, lore, and culture of Texas play in their creative process?” While readily citing the “decidedly Texas flavor” in his own fiction, Jameson seeks to uncover the inspirations in other writers from both the expansive and rugged Texas terrain as well as the varied people therein. The fourteen writers who comprise Notes from Texas range from the captivating and often humorous essayist Larry L. King to the beloved historical novelist Elmer Kelton. Other contributors include James Ward Lee, known for his expertise in Texas cuisine and culture, and poet and songwriter Red Steagall. This collection bestows each with a “chance to express what they wished to share about their art and their life as a Texas writer.”