Synopsis
Comprising three full-length novels, this collection follows the adventures of Rusty Shannon, a red-haired boy who was captured by a Comanche war party. Rusty joins the Texas Rangers during the post-Civil War period of lawlessness and confusion to rid the country of an infestation of crime and hatred.
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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.
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.
From the Inside Flap
"One could wish for a single volume in which all these strands were melded together in a larger dynamic."
-Houston Chronicle
On The Buckskin Line
"Wonderfully satisfying, sophisticated, unsentimental, superbly crafted, and full of a whopping good humor out of Twain. Hard to beat."
-Kirkus Reviews
On Badger Boy
"Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Kelton's fans."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
On The Way of the Coyote
"Kelton again lives up to his reputation as one of the finest and most prolific of today's Western authors."
-Abilene Reporter News
|-Houston Chronicle
On The Buckskin Line
"Wonderfully satisfying, sophisticated, unsentimental, superbly crafted, and full of a whopping good humor out of Twain. Hard to beat."
-Kirkus Reviews
On Badger Boy
"Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Kelton's fans."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
On The Way of the Coyote
"Kelton again lives up to his reputation as one of the finest and most prolific of today's Western authors."
-Abilene Reporter News
"One could wish for a single volume in which all these strands were melded together in a larger dynamic."
-Houston Chronicle
On The Buckskin Line
"Wonderfully satisfying, sophisticated, unsentimental, superbly crafted, and full of a whopping good humor out of Twain. Hard to beat."
-Kirkus Reviews
On Badger Boy
"Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Kelton's fans."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
On The Way of the Coyote
"Kelton again lives up to his reputation as one of the finest and most prolific of today's Western authors."
-Abilene Reporter News
-Houston Chronicle
On The Buckskin Line
"Wonderfully satisfying, sophisticated, unsentimental, superbly crafted, and full of a whopping good humor out of Twain. Hard to beat."
-Kirkus Reviews
On Badger Boy
"Kelton is a master of both plot and character development, and his Rusty Shannon is a down-to-earth, dusty cowboy whose exploits always thrill Kelton's fans."
-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
On The Way of the Coyote
"Kelton again lives up to his reputation as one of the finest and most prolific of today's Western authors."
-Abilene Reporter News
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