Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Men's Horses, Texas Standoff and Hard Trail to Follow. 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.
"As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable." --The Dallas Morning News on Jericho's Road "Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat." --Publishers Weekly on Jericho's Road
"As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable." --The Dallas Morning News on Jericho's Road "Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat." --Publishers Weekly on Jericho's Road
The Texas War for Independence is long past, but in the brush country between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, Texans and Mexicans continue to battle over borderlands. Enter young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, who is perhaps uniquely qualified to make peace between two races. He was kidnapped by the Comanche as a child and released years later. Since then, Andy has fallen in with the Rangers, but their numbers are diminishing. When assigned to watch over a volatile situation brewing between Texas cattle baron Jericho Johnson and a rival rancher in Mexico, Guadalupe Chavez, Andy knows his job is on the line. Bandits on both sides have been stealing cattle, and family members have been killed. Can Andy and his Ranger partners stop the bloodshed? The sixth book in Kelton's "Texas Ranger" series, this provides a suspenseful, gritty story of racial tension in the old West.-Keddy Ann Outlaw, Harris Cty. P.L., Houston Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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