Many a River - Softcover

Elmer Kelton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765360292 ISBN 13: 9780765360298

Publisher: Forge, 2009

Synopsis

The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by militia men. Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January. Both become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pits Confederate sympathizers against Unionists. The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence. Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies?

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Review:

"Kelton's writing is absolutely authentic, and he is a master at spinning that wildly expressive species of dusty idiom that makes good western writing so gratifying. Add to that some stern, if flexible morality and tight plotting full of tense, finger-twitching action, and you have some outstanding western fare." --"Booklist" on "Texas"" Showdown" "The author, a seven-time Spur Award winner, has created a story rich in historical context, character development and action." --"Tulsa"" World "on" Sons of ""Texas" "Kelton's writing is absolutely authentic, and he is a master at spinning that wildly expressive species of dusty idiom that makes good western writing so gratifying. Add to that some stern, if flexible morality and tight plotting full of tense, finger-twitching action, and you have some outstanding western fare." --"Booklist" on "Texas"" Showdown" "The author, a seven-time Spur Award winner, has created a story rich in historical context, character development and action." --"Tulsa"" World "on" Sons of ""Texas" "Kelton's writing is absolutely authentic, and he is a master at spinning that wildly expressive species of dusty idiom that makes good western writing so gratifying. Add to that some stern, if flexible morality and tight plotting full of tense, finger-twitching action, and you have some outstanding western fare." --"Booklist" on "Texas"" Showdown" "The author, a seven-time Spur Award winner, has created a story rich in historical context, character development and action." --"Tulsa"" World "on" Sons of ""Texas"

About the Author:

Elmer Kelton, author of over forty novels, is the winner of a record seven Spur Awards. He was also voted "The Greatest Western Writer of All Time" by the Western Writers of America in 1995.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0765360292
• ISBN 13: 9780765360298
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336