The Time It Never Rained - Softcover

Kelton, Elmer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553563203 ISBN 13: 9780553563207

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1997

Synopsis

A Texas rancher reveals his determination and endurance as he battles a drought that has lasted six years

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Review

"Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page."--Dee Brown, author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" on "The Time It Never Rained"

""The Time It Never Rained" is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature..." -- John Erickson, author of "The Devil in Texas" and the "Hank the Cowdog" series

.,."one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century." --- Jon Tuska, editor of "The American West in Fiction" on "The Time It Never Rained"

“Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns.  He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page.”—Dee Brown, author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" on "The Time It Never Rained"

""The Time It Never Rained" is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature..." -- John Erickson, author of "The Devil in Texas" and the "Hank the Cowdog" series

."..one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century." --- Jon Tuska, editor of "The American West in Fiction" on "The Time It Never Rained"

"Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page."--Dee Brown, author of "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" on "The Time It Never Rained"

""The Time It Never Rained" is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature..." -- John Erickson, author of "The Devil in Texas" and the "Hank the Cowdog" series

..".one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century." --- Jon Tuska, editor of "The American West in Fiction" on "The Time It Never Rained"

Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page. "Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee on The Time It Never Rained"

"The Time It Never Rained" is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature... "John Erickson, author of The Devil in Texas and the "Hank the Cowdog" series"

...one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century. "Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction on The Time It Never Rained""

-Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page.- --Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee on The Time It Never Rained

-The Time It Never Rained is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature...- --John Erickson, author of The Devil in Texas and the -Hank the Cowdog- series

-...one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century.- --Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction on The Time It Never Rained

"Elmer Kelton does not write Westerns. He writes fine novels set in the West. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page." --Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee on The Time It Never Rained

"The Time It Never Rained is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. It is one of the treasures of American literature..." --John Erickson, author of The Devil in Texas and the "Hank the Cowdog" series

..".one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century." --Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction on The Time It Never Rained

About the Author

Elmer Kelton is the author of over thirty novels set in the West and the recipient of awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Western Writers of America, the Western Literature Association, and others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553563203
• ISBN 13: 9780553563207
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback