Barbed Wire

Name: Barbed Wire
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781440709449

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Ken Marks

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/20/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Recipient of seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton "just keeps getting better and better" (Tulsa World). When a ruthless cattle baron and his men destroy Doug Monahan's property, his old friend and mentor is gunned down. Pistol whipped and now flat broke, Monahan finds refuge on the sprawling homestead of Noah Wheeler and his virtuous daughter. But Monahan refuses to quit. "If there's an heir to the Louis L'Amour legacy, it's Kelton."-Booklist

About Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Men’s Horses, Texas Standoff and Hard Trail to Follow. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. Among his awards were seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. His novel The Good Old Boys was made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for 42 years. He served in the infantry in World War II. He died in 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by William on September 07, 2022

audio and ebook solid 4 stars My only criticism is the find voice of Ken Marks was devoid of what of the regional dialect of West texas c. 1880's, However, the book was published i 1957 and norm was to cater to the bulk of Americans who resided east of the Missouri River. Maybe that is why Marks was......more

Goodreads review by David on May 30, 2018

Excellent story. Feels epic even though it's a fast 215 pages.......more

Goodreads review by Nece on January 24, 2009

This is a great story about the arrival of barbed wire on the Texas plains. Kelton does a great job with both the history and the story! I definitely recommend this book! Even non-Texans will enjoy it I think.......more

Goodreads review by Coyle on July 22, 2017

Something of a reboot of "Shane," with a more sympathetic villain and a slightly less sympathetic hero--and no annoying child.......more

Goodreads review by Elise on November 21, 2024

Barbed Wire is a gripping, realistic portrayal of the fence cutting wars of the Old West in the 1880s. Patented in 1874, barbed wire enabled farmers to protect their land, crops and livestock from damage caused by large herds belonging to the "cattle kings," who let their Longhorns graze freely on t......more