Elmer Kelton

10 Series

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was an acclaimed American author of western fiction, notably the Texas Tradition and Texas Rangers series, set in his home state of Texas. A journalism graduate from the University of Texas at Austin and a World War II U.S. Army veteran, Kelton was honored as the greatest western writer by the Western Writers of America. He received eight Spur Awards and three Western Heritage Awards for his contributions to the genre.

Elmer Kelton, under various pseudonyms, authored several notable works. As Lee McElroy, he wrote "Joe Pepper," "Long Way to Texas," and "Eyes of the Hawk." Under the name Alex Hawk, he penned "Shotgun Settlement." "The Funeral of Tanner Moody" was a collaboration with John Jakes and Robert J. Randisi. Kelton also contributed to collaborative novels such as "Noah's Ride," "Legend," and "Lost Trails," working alongside distinguished authors like Judy Alter, Loren D. Estleman, and Louis L'Amour. The "Sons of Texas" series was written as Tom Early in collaboration with James Reasoner.

Tales of Texas

Captain's Rangers

(1968)

Joe Pepper

(1975)

Long Way to Texas

(1976)

Texas Tradition

The Day the Cowboys Quit

(1971)

Wagontongue

(1972)

Manhunters

(1974)

The Wolf and the Buffalo

(1980)

Stand Proud

(1984)

Dark Thicket

(1985)

The Man Who Rode Midnight

(1987)

Honor at Daybreak

(1991)

Sons of Texas

(1989)

The Raiders

(1989)

The Rebels

(1989)

Hewey Calloway

The Good Old Boys

(1982)

The Smiling Country

(1998)

Six Bits a Day

(2005)

The Unlikely Lawman

(2022)(By: Steve Kelton)

Texas Rangers

The Buckskin Line

(1999)

Badger Boy

(2001)

The Way of the Coyote

(2001)

Ranger's Trail

(2002)

Texas Vendetta

(2004)

Jericho's Road

(2004)

Hard Trail To Follow

(2008)

Other Men's Horses

(2009)

Texas Standoff

(2010)

Buckalew Family

Massacre at Goliad

(1965)

After the Bugles

(1967)

Standalone Novels

Hot Iron

(1956)

Buffalo Wagons

(1957)

Bitter Trail

(1959)

Texas Rifles

(1960)

Donovan

(1961)

Pecos Crossing

(1963)

Horsehead Crossing

(1963)

Savage Guns

(1968)(With: Brian Garfield,Alex Hawk)

Shotgun Settlement

(1969)(With: Brian Garfield,Alex Hawk)

Bowie's Mine

(1971)

The Time It Never Rained

(1973)

Barbed Wire

(1980)

Eyes of the Hawk

(1981)

Llano River

(1982)

Shadow of a Star

(1984)

Hanging Judge

(1988)

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)

Christmas at the Ranch

(2003)

Shotgun

(2007)

Many a River

(2008)

Short Story Collections

There's Always Another Chance, and Other Stories

(1986)

The Big Brand

(1986)

Legend

(1999)

ReadWest

(2011)

Wild West

(2017)

Hard Ride

(2018)

The Cowboy Way

(2020)

Law of the Land

(2021)

Non-Fiction

Looking Back West: Selections form the Pioneer News-Observer

(1972)

Permian: A Continuing Saga

(1985)

Elmer Kelton: 30 Years of Western Fiction

(1985)

Living and Writing in West Texas: Two Speeches

(1990)

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)

Texas

(1995)

Texas Cattle Barons: Their Families, Land and Legacy

(1999)

Prairie Gothic

(2005)(By: John R. Erickson)

Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer

(2007)

Tom Lovell: Storyteller with a Brush

(2020)

Anthologies

Horsing Around

(1991)

New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories

(1994)

The Best of the American West II

(1999)

A Century of Great Western Stories

(2001)

Lone Star Law

(2005)

Noah’s Ride

(2006)

Lost Trails

(2007)

The Way of the West

(2008)

Law of the Gun

(2010)

Ghost Towns

(2010)

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