Joe Pepper
Llano River
Long Way to Texas
Many a River
Massacre at Goliad
Other Men’s Horses
Pecos Crossing
The Pumpkin Rollers
The Raiders: Sons of Texas
Ranger’s Trail
The Rebels: Sons of Texas
Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer
Shadow of a Star
Shotgun
Six Bits a Day
The Smiling Country
Sons of Texas
Stand Proud
Texas Rifles
Texas Standoff
Texas Vendetta
The Time It Never Rained
The Way of the Coyote
Wild West
Lone Star Rising
(comprising The Buckskin Line, Badger Boy, and The Way of the Coyote)
Brush Country
(comprising Barbed Wire and Llano River)
Ranger’s Law
(comprising Ranger’s Trail, Texas Vendetta, and Jericho’s Road)
Texas Showdown
(comprising Pecos Crossing and Shotgun)
Texas Sunrise
(comprising Massacre at Goliad and After the Bugles)
Long Way to Texas
(comprising Joe Pepper, Long Way to Texas, and Eyes of the Hawk)
About the Author
ELMER KELTON (1926–2009) was the seven-time Spur Award–winning author of more than forty novels, and the recipient of the Owen Wister Lifetime Achievement award. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for forty-two years, and served in the infantry in World War II. He passed away in 2009. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Blind Canyon
Bullets from the Past
Climb the Big Rim
Colt Size
Land with No Law
No Epitaph for Me
One Son
Poison
Ride a Straight Road
Deadly Homecoming
Forge Books by Elmer Kelton
About the Author
Copyright Acknowledgments
Copyright
Copyright Acknowledgments
“A Heck of a Promise” originally published in Ranch Romances, Oct. 12, 1951, Vol. 167, No. 4
“Blind Canyon” originally published in Ranch Romances, Nov. 6, 1953, Vol. 181, No. 4
“Bullets from the Past” originally published in Six-Gun Western, Dec. 1950, Vol. 3, No. 5
“Climb the Big Rim” originally published in Ranch Romances, July 4, 1952, Vol. 172, No. 4
“Colt Size” originally published in Ranch Romances, Sept. 16, 1949, Vol. 154, No. 2
“Land with No Law” originally published in Ranch Romances, Oct. 4, 1957, Vol. 207, No. 2
“No Epitaph for Me” originally published in Ranch Romances, April 25, 1952, Vol. 171, No. 3
“One Son” originally published in Ranch Romances, Nov. 9, 1951, Vol. 168, No. 2
“Poison” originally published in Triple Western, Summer 1957, Vol. 18, No. 3
“Ride a Straight Road” originally published in Ranch Romances, Aug. 13, 1954, Vol. 186, No. 4
“Deadly Homecoming” originally published in Triple Western, Fall 1957, Vol. 19, No. 1
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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First Edition: November 2017