The Pumpkin Rollers
The Pumpkin Rollers

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 1429932457

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In the cattle drives of the Old West, pumpkin rollers were green farmboys, almost more trouble than they were worth. When Trey McLean leaves his family's East Texas cotton farm and sets off on his own to learn the cattleman's trade, he's about as green as they come. But Trey learns fast. He learns about deceit when a con man cheats him out of his grubstake and about love when he meets the woman he's destined to marry. And when luck finally sets him on a cattle drive to Kansas, Trey learns the trade from veteran drover Ivan Kerbow, but he also learns the code of violence and death from outlaw Jarrett Longacre, a man who will plague his life at every turn. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line
The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2015-03-03

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 1466876883

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Two complete novels in one low-priced ebundle edition from the legendary Western author Elmer Kelton: The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line The Pumpkin Rollers When Trey McLean leaves his family and sets off to learn the cattleman's trade, he's as green as they come. But Trey learns fast. He learns deceit from a con man, and love when he meets the woman he's destined to marry. On a cattle drive to Kansas, Trey learns the trade from veteran drover Ivan Kerbow, but he also learns the code of violence and death from an outlaw who will plague him at every turn.? The Buckskin Line When his adoptive father is killed, Rusty Shannon joins the Texas Rangers. Mike Shannon's death haunts him; he owed his life to Mike, who rescued him as a child from the Comanche. With Texas in the throes of secession, Rusty has his hands full, but heads for a showdown with the Buffalo Caller, The Comanche warrior who killed his family. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Texas Rifles
Texas Rifles

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1998-01-15

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 0812551214

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The new Confederacy, facing into the Union cannon, had too much on its hands to send troops to the Texas frontier to hold back the Indians. Instead, it authorized the State of Texas to raise its own troops. Many kinds of men drifted into the Texas Mounted Rifles. Some thought it might be safer than fighting in far off Virginia. Many were merely young men a-thirst for adventure. Some were settlers who saw this as the best way to protect their families and homes against the murderous thrusts of the Comanche. And some were men who still loved the Union, who had lived too long under that gallant flag to turn their guns against it now. Such a man was Scout Sam Houston Cloud...

Honor at Daybreak
Honor at Daybreak

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780385248938

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The residents of the small town of Caprock become involved with the growing oil prospecting and corruption of Prohibition-era West Texas

Bitter Trail
Bitter Trail

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0812551184

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Wagon train leader Frio Wheeler is hired to haul cotton from Texas into Mexico, but soon he becomes caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War.

The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction

Author: Joyce G. Saricks

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780838908037

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Covering fifteen popular genres, each chapter includes a definition of the genre, its characteristics and appeal elements (such as character development, story line, and frame), and its key authors and subgenres.

The Day the Cowboys Quit
The Day the Cowboys Quit

Author: Elmer Kelton

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2008-02-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1429912928

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A different kind of range war erupts between cowboys and ranchers in The Day the Cowboys Quit from seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton. The time is 1883, the place is the Texas Panhandle. Cowboys refuse to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who don't pay liveable wages. Those very same ranchers want to take away the cowboys' right to own cattle because this ownership, the ranchers believe, would lead to thieving. So the dictum is set: If you're a cowboy, you can't own a cow. When rumors of such legislation travel from wagon to wagon, the cowboys decided to rally and fight for their rights--they gather together and strike. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.