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Wolf and the Buffalo

Recently freed from slavery, Gideon Ledbetter is drawn by deception into the cavalry and becomes locked into a battle with a Comanche warrior, in a story about two men who are merely pawns in a tragic American conflict. Reissue.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780816147663, titled "The Wolf and the Buffalo" | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, July 1, 1989), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A young Comanche warrior and a former slave trained to act as a police buffer between the Indians and the white settlers square off.

9780875650586, titled "The Wolf and the Buffalo" | Reprint edition (Texas Christian Univ Pr, February 1, 1986), cover price $29.50 | About this edition: Gideon Ledbetter, freed from slavery, finds himself with no land, no money, and no means to make a living.

9780385144254, titled "The Wolf and the Buffalo" | Doubleday, August 1, 1980, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Two men caught up in the powerful sweep of America's westward movement--one a young Comanche warrior, the other a former slave--move toward an explosive confrontation on the dusty Texas plains

Paperback:

9780553257403, titled "The Wolf and the Buffalo" | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, May 1, 1997), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Two men caught up in the powerful sweep of America's westward movement--one a young Comanche warrior, the other a former slave--move toward an explosive confrontation on the dusty Texas plains

9780875650593, titled "The Wolf and the Buffalo" | Texas Christian Univ Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $21.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781883268015 | Spellbinders Inc, October 1, 1994, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A young Comanche warrior and a former slave trained to act as a police buffer between the Indians and the white settlers square off.

Stand Proud: A Texas Saga

On trial for murder, Frank Claymore, an old Texas rancher, recalls his experiences as a young man and the events that led to his trial

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780385189378 | Doubleday, May 1, 1984, cover price $1.98 | also contains The Concise Encyclopedia of Communication | About this edition: On trial for murder, Frank Claymore, an old Texas rancher, recalls his experiences as a young man and the events that led to his trial

Paperback:

9780553254600 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, May 1, 1991), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: On trial for murder, Frank Claymore, an old Texas rancher, recalls his experiences as a young man and the events that led to his trial

Dark Thicket

Wounded during the Civil War, Owen Danforth, a young former Confederate soldier, returns to his native Texas, only to find a land savagely divided between Union loyalists and rabid secessionists who continue to fight a bitter war. Original.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780385230544 | Doubleday, May 1, 1985, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Returning home to Texas near the close of the Civil War, Confederate soldier Owen Danforth finds his state torn by its own near civil war as the supporters of Sam Houston and the murderous Home Guards struggle for power

Paperback:

9780812565225 | Forge, June 1, 2001, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Returning home to Texas near the close of the Civil War, Confederate soldier Owen Danforth finds his state torn by its own near civil war as the supporters of Sam Houston and the murderous Home Guards struggle for power.

9780816157754 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, July 1, 1993), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In this novel, first published by Doubleday in 1985, Texas novelist Ehner Kelton returns to the Civil War period, once again examining, as he first did in Texas Rifles, the effect of the war on Texans at home.

9780553261059 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1989), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Returning home to Texas near the close of the Civil War, Confederate soldier Owen Danforth finds his state torn by its own near civil war as the supporters of Sam Houston and the murderous Home Guards struggle for power

Barbed Wire

A south Texas range war is the result when Doug Monahan and his workers, who put up barbed-wire fencing for ranchers, come up against Captain Andrew Rinehart, an ex-Confederate officer and old-school open range cattleman. Reprint.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780786285365 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 2, 2006), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A barbed-wire war results when Doug Monahan and his workers, who put up barbed-wire fencing for ranchers, come up against Captain Andrew Rinehart, an ex-Confederate officer and open range cattleman.

Paperback:

9780765348944 | Reprint edition (Forge, April 3, 2007), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A south Texas range war is the result when Doug Monahan and his workers, who put up barbed-wire fencing for ranchers, come up against Captain Andrew Rinehart, an ex-Confederate officer and old-school open range cattleman.

9780708964255 | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, June 1, 1989), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs.

9780441050901 | Reissue edition (Ace Books, April 1, 1986), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs.

There's Always Another Chance and Other Stories

Product Description: Edited and with an Introduction by Lawrence Clayton. 192 pages, including a Kelton Bibliography (compiled by Elmer Kelton).

By Lawrence Clayton (editor) and Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780938036081 | Fort Concho Museum Pr, June 1, 1986, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Edited and with an Introduction by Lawrence Clayton.

Shadow of a Star

A new deputy sheriff who has yet to prove himself ready to follow in his father's footsteps as the law in Coolridge County, Jim-Bob McClain suddenly finds himself forced to confront a desperate gang of murderous outlaws and members of an angry lynch mob determined to take the law into their own hands. Reprint.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780783889467 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, March 1, 2000), cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9780765342997 | Rep rei edition (Forge, February 1, 2004), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A new deputy sheriff who has yet to prove himself ready to follow in his father's footsteps as the law in Coolridge County, Jim-Bob McClain suddenly finds himself forced to confront a desperate gang of murderous outlaws and members of an angry lynch mob determined to take the law into their own hands.

9780441760756 | Reissue edition (Ace Books, September 1, 1986), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: A new deputy sheriff who has yet to prove himself is forced to confront a desperate gang of murdering outlaws

Donovan

Years after foiling a jail break by Donovan, one of the West's most vicious killers, killing the outlaw in the process, Joe Vickers is found murdered and others who were involved in Donovan's capture and trial begin receiving death threats, sending Sheriff Webb Matlock on a perilous trail into Mexican territory in pursuit of a vengeful murderer. Reprint.

By Elmer Kelton

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9780765343000 | Forge, November 1, 2003, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Years after foiling a jail break by Donovan, one of the West's most vicious killers, killing the outlaw in the process, Joe Vickers is found murdered and others who were involved in Donovan's capture and trial begin receiving death threats, sending Sheriff Webb Matlock on a perilous trail into Mexican territory in pursuit of a vengeful murderer.

9780708964903 | Large print edition (Linford, June 1, 1988), cover price $10.50 | About this edition: Donovan was supposed to be dead.

9780441152681 | Reissue edition (Ace Books, June 1, 1987), cover price $2.75 | About this edition: Donovan was supposed to be dead.

Man Who Rode Midnight

Wes Hendrix, an aging cowboy and bronco-buster, wants to be left alone on his poor, hardscrabble ranch, away from the ruthlessly approaching new world and all its big money, and soon Wes's city-bred grandson succumbs to the ranch's wild beauty. Original.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780875650470, titled "The Man Who Rode Midnight" | Texas Christian Univ Pr, October 1, 1990, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Aging cowboy and bronco-buster Wes Hendricks just wants to be left alone on his poor ranch, even when town developers offer him big money to sell it.

9780816150236 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, October 1, 1990), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Wes Hendricks begins a one-man war against his family, friends, and the harsh realities of time to hold on to the land he loves

9780385240208, titled "The Man Who Rode Midnight" | Doubleday, September 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Wes Hendricks begins a one-man war against his family, friends, and the harsh realities of time to hold on to the land he loves

Paperback:

9780553277135, titled "The Man Who Rode Midnight" | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, January 1, 1997), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Wes Hendricks begins a one-man war against his family, friends, and the harsh realities of time to hold on to the land he loves

9780875650487 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, September 1, 1990, cover price $19.95

Prebinding:

9780613289429 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $13.85 | About this edition: Wes Hendricks begins a one-man war against his family, friends, and the harsh realities of time to hold on to the land he loves

Horsehead Crossing

Product Description: Used, book, fiction

By Elmer Kelton

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Paperback:

9780553273519 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, August 1, 1988), cover price $2.95 | also contains Protein | About this edition: Used, book, fiction

Massacre at Goliad

Product Description: When Texan-born Josh Buckalew met Teresa, a young and beautiful Mexican woman, it was love at first sight. But with the Alamo recently sieged and destroyed, Josh knew this rosebud love would be unobtainable on account of the war thorns harrowing the country...read more

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780783893631 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, February 1, 2001), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: When Texan-born Josh Buckalew met Teresa, a young and beautiful Mexican woman, it was love at first sight.

Paperback:

9780812574890 | 1 reprint edition (Forge, September 1, 1999), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: After learning of the defeat at the Alamo, the Buckalew brothers and the rest of the garrison at Goliad are determined to defeat Santa Anna

9780553269994 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, May 1, 1989), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: After learning of the defeat at the Alamo, the Buckalew brothers and the rest of the garrison at Goliad are determined to defeat Santa Anna

The Big Brand

Collects twelve classic stories of the Texas frontier including 'Fighting for the Brand,' 'O'Malley's Wife,' and 'Jailbreak'

By Elmer Kelton

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Paperback:

9780816153213 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, January 1, 1992), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Collects twelve classic stories of the Texas frontier including 'Fighting for the Brand,' 'O'Malley's Wife,' and 'Jailbreak'

9780553261479 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, December 1, 1990), cover price $3.50 | also contains A Feminist Companion to Tobit and Judith | About this edition: Collects twelve classic stories of the Texas frontier including 'Fighting for the brand,' 'O'Malley's wife,' and 'Jailbreak'

Honor at Daybreak: A Novel of One Town's Battle for Justice

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

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780385248938 | Doubleday, February 1, 1991, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The residents of the small town of Caprock become involved with the growing oil prospecting and corruption of Prohibition-era West Texas

The Art of Howard Terpning

More than one hundred color reproductions, accompanied by text, capture the history of the Crow, Sioux, Apache, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and other native American groups (view table of contents)

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780867130119 | Greenwich Workshop Pr, March 15, 2001, cover price $60.00

9780553081138 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1992, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: More than one hundred color reproductions, accompanied by text, capture the history of the Crow, Sioux, Apache, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and other native American groups

The Art of Frank C. McCarthy

An overview of McCarthy's heroic images of the American West places the reader in the middle of action-packed paintings of native Americans, mountain men, cowboys, and soldiers. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

By Elmer Kelton and Frank C. McCarthy

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Hardcover:

9780688118839 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1992, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Briefly traces the artist's career and presents a selection of his paintings of the old West and its mountain men, Indians, soldiers, and cowboys

Looking Back West

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780963559906 | Talley Pr, November 1, 1992, cover price $19.75

The Indian in Frontier News

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780963559913 | Talley Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $24.95

Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfiction of a Texas Novelist

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780875651187 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9780875651194 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $21.95

The Art of James Bama

Provides interviews, articles, and reviews on the life and work of the legendary 'First Lady of Jazz' (view table of contents)

By James Bama and Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780553093056 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1993, cover price $60.00

Paperback:

9780028646251, titled "The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary" | Schirmer Books, March 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | also contains The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary | About this edition: Provides interviews, articles, and reviews on the life and work of the legendary 'First Lady of Jazz'

The Far Canyon

Wanting a quiet life as a Texas rancher after years of fighting, Confederate veteran Jeff Layne is pursued by Comanche warrior Crow Feather, who refuses to surrender to the U.S. Army that is forcing his people toward reservation life. Reprint. K.

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780786203482 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, June 1, 1995), cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Jeff Layne returns to Texas and finds himself caught up in a border war, and his old enemy Comanche Crow Feather tries to escape with his family from reservation life

9780385248952 | Doubleday, August 1, 1994, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Jeff Layne returns to Texas and finds himself caught up in a border war, and his old enemy Comanche Crow Feather tries to escape with his family from reservation life

Paperback:

9780553572599 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, November 1, 1995), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Jeff Layne returns to Texas and finds himself caught up in a border war, and his old enemy Comanche Crow Feather tries to escape with his family from reservation life

The Manhunters: A Novel

When a misunderstanding results in the killing of a respected Texas lawman, a war between Chacho, a peaceful Mexican horse handler, and the state of Texas is set in motion

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780875651323 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When a misunderstanding results in the killing of a respected Texas lawman, a war between Chacho, a peaceful Mexican horse handler, and the state of Texas is set in motion

Paperback:

9780875651347 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When a misunderstanding results in the killing of a respected Texas lawman, a war between Chacho, a peaceful Mexican horse handler, and the state of Texas is set in motion

My Kind of Heroes: Selected Speeches

Book by Kelton, Elmer

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9781880510285 | Sgd ltd edition (State House Pr, May 1, 1995), cover price $50.00

9781880510278 | State House Pr, January 1, 1995, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Book by Kelton, Elmer

Fiction Writers Are Liars and Thieves

Product Description: ÂSomeone has said that fiction by definition is a lie. By extension this means that fiction writers are liars. In that context, I will admit to it, and go a step further. I will say that fiction writers are thieves.âWith that opening confession, novelist Elmer Kelton, for over forty years a livestock journalist, discusses the relationship between his two careers and the way in which his journalistic writing served as a source for his novels...read more

By Elmer Kelton

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780875651484 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, October 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: ÂSomeone has said that fiction by definition is a lie.

Honor at Daybreak

Product Description: Caprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread...read more

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780875652542 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, April 1, 2002, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Caprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s.

Paperback:

9780875652634 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, April 1, 2002, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Caprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s.

9780553295474 | Reissue edition (Bantam Books, March 1, 1996), cover price $5.50 | also contains Australian Foreign Policy: Controversies and Debates | About this edition: The discovery of oil brings every two-bit swindler for miles around to Caprock, Texas, and soon Sheriff Dave Buckalew finds himself up against frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty.

The Blueberry Saga: Confederate Gold

Product Description: Who was the man known to us as Blueberry? This bizarre and unusual name belonged to a mysterious soldier of fortune whose trail can be followed through the history of the American West, a figure who appeared to have been involved in some of the most dramatic events in American history, but who always remained behind the scenes...read more

By Jean-Michel Charlier, Jean Girard (illustrator) and Elmer Kelton (introduced by)

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Paperback:

9780756766771 | Diane Pub Co, April 1, 1996, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Who was the man known to us as Blueberry?

Wagontongue: A Novel ; With the Short Story, "Man on the Wagontongue

Tells the story of Isaac Jefford, a Black Texas cowboy and former slave who wins the respect of his fellow ranchers--all except for a brash, unrepentant Confederate (view table of contents)

By Elmer Kelton

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Hardcover:

9780875651651, titled "Wagontongue: A Novel : With the Short Story "Man on the Wagontongue"" | Reprint edition (Texas Christian Univ Pr, October 1, 1996), cover price $21.95

Paperback:

9780553274677, titled "Wagontongue: A Novel ; With the Short Story, "Man on the Wagontongue" | Reprint edition (Bantam Books, September 1, 1996), cover price $5.50 | also contains Imperial Handbook: A Commander's Guide | About this edition: Tells the story of Isaac Jefford, a Black Texas cowboy and former slave who wins the respect of his fellow ranchers--all except for a brash, unrepentant Confederate

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