About Elmer Kelton
One of America's greatest Western storytellers, Elmer Kelton has been voted the greatest Western writers of all time by the Western Writers of America. Mr Kelton died on August 22, 2009. He had
multiple health problems, and died of natural causes while working on his
last book.
Series
Texas Tradition
1. Good Old Boys (1978)
5. The Wolf and the Buffalo (1980)
7. The Day the Cowboys Quit (1971)
13. Stand Proud (1984)
14. The Man Who Rode Midnight (1987)
22. The Manhunters (1974)
23. Wagontongue (1972)
26. Dark Thicket (1985)
32. Honor At Daybreak: A Novel of One Town's Battle for Justice (1991)
1. Good Old Boys (1978)
5. The Wolf and the Buffalo (1980)
7. The Day the Cowboys Quit (1971)
13. Stand Proud (1984)
14. The Man Who Rode Midnight (1987)
22. The Manhunters (1974)
23. Wagontongue (1972)
26. Dark Thicket (1985)
32. Honor At Daybreak: A Novel of One Town's Battle for Justice (1991)
Sons of Texas (writing as Tom Early)
1. Sons of Texas (1989)
2. The Raiders (1989)
3. The Rebels (1990)
1. Sons of Texas (1989)
2. The Raiders (1989)
3. The Rebels (1990)
Texas Rangers
1. The Buckskin Line (1999)
2. Badger Boy (2001)
3. Way of the Coyote (2001)
4. Ranger's Trail (2002)
5. Texas Vendetta (2004)
6. Jericho's Road (2004)
7. Ranger's Law (2006)
8. Hard Trail to Follow (2008)
9. Other Men's Horses (2009)
Lone Star Rising (2003)
Texas Standoff (2010)
1. The Buckskin Line (1999)
2. Badger Boy (2001)
3. Way of the Coyote (2001)
4. Ranger's Trail (2002)
5. Texas Vendetta (2004)
6. Jericho's Road (2004)
7. Ranger's Law (2006)
8. Hard Trail to Follow (2008)
9. Other Men's Horses (2009)
Lone Star Rising (2003)
Texas Standoff (2010)
Novels
Hot Iron (1955)
Buffalo Wagons (1956)
Barbed Wire (1957)
Shadow of a Star (1959)
The Texas Rifles (1960)
Donovan (1961)
Bitter Trail (1962)
Horsehead Crossing (1963)
Massacre at Goliad (1965)
Llano River (1966)
After the Bugles (1967)
Hanging Judge (1969)
Shotgun Settlement (1969) (writing as Alex Hawk)
Bowie's Mine (1971)
The Time It Never Rained (1973)
Long Way to Texas (1976) (writing as Lee McElroy)
Eyes of the Hawk (1981) (writing as Lee McElroy)
Slaughter (1992)
The Best Christmas (1993)
The Indian in Frontier News (1993)
The Far Canyon (1994)
The Pumpkin Rollers (1996)
Cloudy in the West (1997)
The Funeral of Tanner Moody (2004) (with John Jakes and Robert J Randisi)
Noah's Ride: A Collaborative Novel (2006) (with Phyllis Allen, Judy Alter, Mike Blackman, Mike Cochran, Jeff Guinn, Mary Dittoe Kelly, James Ward Lee, James Reasoner and Mary Rogers)
Pecos Crossing (2007)
Many a River (2008)
Shotgun (2009)
Buffalo Wagons (1956)
Barbed Wire (1957)
Shadow of a Star (1959)
The Texas Rifles (1960)
Donovan (1961)
Bitter Trail (1962)
Horsehead Crossing (1963)
Massacre at Goliad (1965)
Llano River (1966)
After the Bugles (1967)
Hanging Judge (1969)
Shotgun Settlement (1969) (writing as Alex Hawk)
Bowie's Mine (1971)
The Time It Never Rained (1973)
Long Way to Texas (1976) (writing as Lee McElroy)
Eyes of the Hawk (1981) (writing as Lee McElroy)
Slaughter (1992)
The Best Christmas (1993)
The Indian in Frontier News (1993)
The Far Canyon (1994)
The Pumpkin Rollers (1996)
Cloudy in the West (1997)
The Funeral of Tanner Moody (2004) (with John Jakes and Robert J Randisi)
Noah's Ride: A Collaborative Novel (2006) (with Phyllis Allen, Judy Alter, Mike Blackman, Mike Cochran, Jeff Guinn, Mary Dittoe Kelly, James Ward Lee, James Reasoner and Mary Rogers)
Pecos Crossing (2007)
Many a River (2008)
Shotgun (2009)
Omnibus
Brush Country (2006)
Texas Showdown (2007)
The Way of the West (2008) (with Max Brand and Cotton Smith)
Texas Sunrise (2008)
Long Way to Texas: Three Novels (2011)
Texas Showdown (2007)
The Way of the West (2008) (with Max Brand and Cotton Smith)
Texas Sunrise (2008)
Long Way to Texas: Three Novels (2011)
Collections
There's Always Another Chance and Other Stories (1986)
Big Brand (1986)
Legend (1999) (with Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, Robert J Randisi and James Reasoner)
Lost Trails (2007) (with Loren D Estleman, William W Johnstone and Louis L'Amour)
Big Brand (1986)
Legend (1999) (with Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, Robert J Randisi and James Reasoner)
Lost Trails (2007) (with Loren D Estleman, William W Johnstone and Louis L'Amour)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Looking Back West: Selections from the Pioneer News-observer (1972)
Permian: A Continuing Saga (1985)
30 Years of Western Fiction (1985)
Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches (1988)
The Art of Howard Terpning (1992)
The Art of Frank C. McCarthy (1992)
The Art of James Bama (1993)
Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist (1993)
My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches (1995)
Fiction Writers Are Liars and Thieves (1995)
Writing the Western Novel (1998)
Elmer Kelton Tells the Truth: His Best Talks On the West, Cowboys And Writing (2000)
Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land, And Legacy (2001)
Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer (2007)
Permian: A Continuing Saga (1985)
30 Years of Western Fiction (1985)
Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches (1988)
The Art of Howard Terpning (1992)
The Art of Frank C. McCarthy (1992)
The Art of James Bama (1993)
Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist (1993)
My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches (1995)
Fiction Writers Are Liars and Thieves (1995)
Writing the Western Novel (1998)
Elmer Kelton Tells the Truth: His Best Talks On the West, Cowboys And Writing (2000)
Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land, And Legacy (2001)
Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer (2007)
Books about Elmer Kelton
Elmer Kelton and West Texas: A Literary Relationship (1989) by Judy Alter
Elmer Kelton: One collector's bibliography (1993) by Jerry E Hunt
Elmer Kelton: One collector's bibliography (1993) by Jerry E Hunt
Links to other websites
| elmerkelton.net |
Elmer Kelton recommends
Burn, Missouri, Burn (1995) (Kimbrough family, book 1) Randal L Greenwood "Randal Greenwood is a new name but one to watch, judging by this opening novel in an action-filled series set in the Civil War's bloody border states." | Me and Johnny Blue (2000) (Johnny Blue, book 1) Joseph A West "A rollicking big windy." | To the Ends of the Earth (2006) Frances Hunter "Full of the lore, and color of the time... imaginative." | |
Nights of the Red Moon (2010) Milton T Burton "A long-running poker game, a sting operation, a heist, a secret Nazi past, and to top it all off, a thundering West Texas oil boom. THE ROGUES' GAME pulls them off in a fast-moving thriller." | Should an Eagle Fall (2010) Ken Hodgson "Ken Hodgson pokes a sharp stick in the eye of political correctness with this story of bureaucratic overkill and media bias in today's West." |
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