Christmas at the Ranch (Texas Heritage Series: No. 1) - Hardcover

Kelton, Elmer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1893114384 ISBN 13: 9781893114388

Publisher: McWhiney Foundation Press, 2003

Synopsis

"We four Kelton boys were rich. It was not because we had money, for we didn't. Money was always a short commodity in the 1930s and early 1940s. We were rich because we got to do for free what many people would have been glad to pay good money for, to live on a ranch with horses and cattle and cowboys." So begins Elmer Kelton's story about what Christmas was like on a ranch in far West Texas during the Great Depression. Actually, he experienced Christmas on two ranches--the one where his father was foreman, and the one his paternal grandfather operated. His grandparents' home lacked electricity, running water, and indoor plumbing, but it was full of cousins, delicious food, and a warm glow that reflected more than just the heat generated by the pot-bellied stove in the living room. This heart-warming little book includes accounts of Kelton's last Christmas at home before shipping out for war in Europe, his first Christmas after the war, and a special Christmas in Austria more than thirty-five years later. Families will want to read this book together and then share their own experiences about the "good old days," however they are defined.

About this title

About the Author:

ELMER KELTON is the author of more than forty novels, published over more than fifty years. Three of Kelton's novels have appeared in Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Four have won the Western Heritage Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City: The Time It Never Rained, The Good Old Boys, The Man Who Rode Midnight, and the text for The Art of Howard Terpning. Seven have won the Spur award from Western Writers of America: Buffalo Wagons, The Day the Cowboys Quit, The Time It Never Rained, Eyes of the Hawk, Slaughter, The Far Canyon, and The Way of the Coyote. Kelton holds lifetime achievement awards from Western Writers of America, Inc., the Texas Institute of Letters, and the Western Literature Association.

Synopsis:

Detailing what Christmas was like on a ranch in far West Texas during the Great Depression, Kelton details his last Christmas at home before shipping out for war in Europe, his first Christmas after the war and a special Christmas in Austria more than 35 years later.

About this edition

• Publisher: McWhiney Foundation Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1893114384
• ISBN 13: 9781893114388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 63
• Illustrator: Zachry H C