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(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.
Genres: Western
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 (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 (1991)
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. Hard Trail to Follow (2008)
8. Other Men's Horses (2009)
9. Texas Standoff (2010)
Lone Star Rising (omnibus) (2003)
Ranger's Law (omnibus) (2006)
Ranger's Trail / Texas Vendetta (omnibus) (2014)
The Complete Texas Rangers Series (omnibus) (2017)
Jericho's Road / Hard Trail to Follow (omnibus) (2018)
Other Men's Horses / Texas Standoff (omnibus) (2018)
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. Hard Trail to Follow (2008)
8. Other Men's Horses (2009)
9. Texas Standoff (2010)
Lone Star Rising (omnibus) (2003)
Ranger's Law (omnibus) (2006)
Ranger's Trail / Texas Vendetta (omnibus) (2014)
The Complete Texas Rangers Series (omnibus) (2017)
Jericho's Road / Hard Trail to Follow (omnibus) (2018)
Other Men's Horses / Texas Standoff (omnibus) (2018)
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) (as by Alex Hawk)
Bowie's Mine (1971)
The Time It Never Rained (1973)
Long Way to Texas (1976) (as by Lee McElroy)
Eyes of the Hawk (1981) (as by 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 (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)
Shotgun (2007)
Many a River (2008)
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) (as by Alex Hawk)
Bowie's Mine (1971)
The Time It Never Rained (1973)
Long Way to Texas (1976) (as by Lee McElroy)
Eyes of the Hawk (1981) (as by 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 (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)
Shotgun (2007)
Many a River (2008)
Omnibus
Brush Country (2006)
Texas Showdown (2007)
The Way of the West (2008) (with Max Brand and Cotton Smith)
Texas Sunrise (2008)
Donovan / Dark Thicket (2012)
Texas Rifles / Massacre at Goliad (2013)
Shotgun / Six Bits a Day (2014)
Bitter Trail / Barbed Wire (2018)
Stand Proud / Eyes of the Hawk (2018)
Hard Ride (2018)
Shadow of a Star / Pecos Crossing (2019)
Hanging Judge / Bowie's Mine (2019)
Captain's Rangers / The Day the Cowboys Quit (2019)
Hot Iron / The Time It Never Rained (2019)
Joe Pepper and Many a River (2019)
Texas Showdown (2007)
The Way of the West (2008) (with Max Brand and Cotton Smith)
Texas Sunrise (2008)
Donovan / Dark Thicket (2012)
Texas Rifles / Massacre at Goliad (2013)
Shotgun / Six Bits a Day (2014)
Bitter Trail / Barbed Wire (2018)
Stand Proud / Eyes of the Hawk (2018)
Hard Ride (2018)
Shadow of a Star / Pecos Crossing (2019)
Hanging Judge / Bowie's Mine (2019)
Captain's Rangers / The Day the Cowboys Quit (2019)
Hot Iron / The Time It Never Rained (2019)
Joe Pepper and Many a River (2019)
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)
ReadWest (2011) (with Don Bendell, Mike Kearby, Steven Law and John D Nesbitt)
Wild West (2017)
Big Brand (1986)
Legend (1999) (with Judy Alter, Jane Candia Coleman, Loren D Estleman, Ed Gorman, Robert J Randisi and James Reasoner)
ReadWest (2011) (with Don Bendell, Mike Kearby, Steven Law and John D Nesbitt)
Wild West (2017)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Looking Back West (1972)
30 Years of Western Fiction (1985)
Permian (1985)
Living and Writing in West Texas (1988)
The Art of Frank C. McCarthy (1992)
The Art of Howard Terpning (1992)
The Art of James Bama (1993)
Elmer Kelton Country (1993)
Fiction Writers Are Liars and Thieves (1995)
My Kind of Heroes (1995)
Texas (1995) (with Laurence Parent)
Writing the Western Novel (1998)
Texas Cattle Barons (1999)
Elmer Kelton Tells the Truth (2000)
Tom Lovell (2005)
Sandhills Boy (2007)
30 Years of Western Fiction (1985)
Permian (1985)
Living and Writing in West Texas (1988)
The Art of Frank C. McCarthy (1992)
The Art of Howard Terpning (1992)
The Art of James Bama (1993)
Elmer Kelton Country (1993)
Fiction Writers Are Liars and Thieves (1995)
My Kind of Heroes (1995)
Texas (1995) (with Laurence Parent)
Writing the Western Novel (1998)
Texas Cattle Barons (1999)
Elmer Kelton Tells the Truth (2000)
Tom Lovell (2005)
Sandhills Boy (2007)
Books about Elmer Kelton
Elmer Kelton recommends
Shortgrass Song (1994)
Mike Blakely
"Shortgrass Song leaves me a bit stunned by its epic scope and the power of the writing. Excellent!"
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."
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."
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."
Blood on the Verde River (2013)
(Byrnes Family Ranch, book 3)
Dusty Richards
"Dusty Richards writes... with the flavor of the real west."
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