

Buffalo Wagons
Author: Elmer Kelton
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/16/2008
Author: Elmer Kelton
Narrator: George Guidall
Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 01/16/2008
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.
This is a two book set. The first is about buffalo hunters. I was always disgusted by the wasteful hunting by the buffalo hunters and while I still find it disgusting, this book was good. The second book is about a boy growing to a man. This was very good and I grew to like the characters. It is goo......more
Superb tales of old time Texas, the last Buffalo hunt and murder for a farm. Excellent characters, outstanding story line, comfortable pacing with page-turning action, and plenty of twists and turns. Told as only Kelton can with his knowledge and insight into Texas and Texans. Classic in every way an......more