Captain's Rangers

Name: Captain's Rangers
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781436133807

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/22/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

This entry in Elmer Kelton's Tales of Texas series whisks us away to witness a violent 1875 conflict. Thirty years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans and Mexicans are still spilling blood over control of the Nueces Strip. And Horse thieves and bushwhackers transform this hot, dry stretch between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers into a lawless inferno. Despite long odds, Captain McNelly and his small band of Texas Rangers strive to bring lasting peace to this swirling vortex of murder and racial hatred.

About Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Menâ€™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 Charles

Fictionalized tale of famous Texas Ranger, Captain Leander McNelly Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2021 A very good fictionalized account of Texas Ranger Captain Leander McNelly's 1875 foray into the Nueces Strip. Part of Texas by treaty but plagued by Mexican "patriots" and bandits as we......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin)

I haven't been prone to much reading of westerns of late, but in the past I read quite a few. Of course in my life I've read some of most genres (LOL). I had never read any of Elmer Kelton's novels before this one though he's written quite a few. I picked this one up mainly because I'm somewhat of a......more

Goodreads review by Charles

Kind of two stories tied somewhat loosely together. The opening is completely fictional, featuring a cowboy named Lanham Neal working on a ranch right near the border of Texas and Mexico. Raiders from across the Rio Grande burn the ranch and kill the owner, leaving his daughter, Neal, and a couple o......more

Goodreads review by Jerry

One of my favorite writers. He stays historically correct about and very accurate about Texas.......more

Goodreads review by Jay

The book is based on history, but most the characters are fictional. Captain MacNelly is the real character and he was a famous Texas Ranger (maybe not as famous as Walker (tongue in cheek)).He is best know for cleaning up the Nueces strip at the far southern border of Texas with Mexico (Brownsville......more