Hard Trail to Follow (Texas Rangers) - Softcover

Elmer Kelton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765354292 ISBN 13: 9780765354297

Publisher: Forge, 2009

Synopsis

Prolific Spur Award-winner Kelton knocks out the seventh western in his "Texas Ranger" series, following 2005's "Jericho's Road". In the 1870s, former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, now a restless farmer, drops his plow and straps on his guns when the local sheriff is murdered during a jailbreak. The dead sheriff, Tom Blessing, had been a father figure to Andy, who vows revenge for his killing. The escaped outlaw is Luther Cordell, a dangerous bank robber and leader of a small gang of desperate owlhoots. The search is long and arduous, and the posse Andy has assembled melts away until only Andy, now a fully reinstated Ranger, remains in solo pursuit. Cordell, meanwhile, is trying to recover the stolen bank loot he'd hidden when captured. Add in Cordell's disgusting relatives, two unlucky saloon stick-up artists, some kindly travelers, fancy gunplay and a remarkably surprising conclusion, and Kelton once again turns in an exciting and satisfying western tale.

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Review:

"Hard Trail to Follow is an engrossing, entertaining chase played out through two intriguing main characters. Mr. Kelton's attention to detail and his well-crafted minor characters bring additional richness to the book's sense of place and reality. This new novel will likely further enhance Elmer Kelton's hard-earned reputation as one of America's premier Western writers." --The Dallas Morning News

"Kelton once again turns in an exciting and satisfying western tale." --Publishers Weekly on Hard Trail to Follow

About the Author:

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Men's Horses, and Texas Standoff. He 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. Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. His novel The Good Old Boys was made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for 42 years, and served in the infantry in World War II. He died in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0765354292
• ISBN 13: 9780765354297
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288