Texas Vendetta (Texas Rangers) - Hardcover

Kelton, Elmer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765305720 ISBN 13: 9780765305725

Publisher: Forge, 2004

Synopsis

A former Comanche captive known as Badger Boy, Andy Pickard, a young Texas Ranger, joins forces with Farley Brackett, a Confderate veteran turned ranger, to deliver prisoner Jayce Landon to a neighboring county to stand trial for the murder of Ned Hopper, but the two lawmen soon find themselves caught in the middle of a blood feud between the Landon and Hopper families.

About this title

Review:

"Kelton creates a story rich in historical context, character development and action." --The Houston Chronicle on Texas Vendetta Kelton creates a story rich in historical context, character development and action. The Houston Chronicle on Texas Vendetta" "Kelton creates a story rich in historical context, character development and action." --"The Houston Chronicle "on "Texas Vendetta"

About the Author:

Elmer Kelton, author of more than forty novels, grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. For forty-two years he had a parallel career in agricultural journalism.

Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Among his best-known works have been The Time It Never Rained and The Good Old Boys, the latter made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones.

He served in the infantry in World War II. He and his wife, Ann, a native of Austria, live in San Angelo, Texas. They have three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0765305720
• ISBN 13: 9780765305725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304