Cloudy in the West

Name: Cloudy in the West
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781501913341

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 7 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/14/2018

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

In the Texas backlands in 1885, twelve-year-old Joey Shipman's father dies under mysterious circumstances, and the boy is forced to live with his stepmother and Blair Meacham, a hanger-on at the farm. After the death of a black farmhand and friend, and another "accident" that almost takes Joey's life, the boy runs away and joins forces with his only kin--Beau Shipman, a drunk and a jailbird. Beau, along with an outlaw, a San Antonio prostitute, and a sheepman, become Joey's unlikely partners as he is trailed by their murderous Meacham , in league with Joey's stepmother in their scheme to inherit the Shipman farm.

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 Monica

This is a fast paced Western, and it is told from a unique point of you.......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick

When Joey Shipman's father dies his stepmother tries to murder in order to get the family farm. He runs away from home to search out his cousin in Bastrop. Almost immediately the two are on the run and are taken prisoners by outlaws. Kelton has produced anotjer enjoyable Western......more

Goodreads review by Laci

I really wanted to like this book, so I'm giving it the better of the two considered ratings. At first, I started to think that this kind of book might just not be for me; it looked like the author tried to use pretty much every cliche and dead horse trope he could find. But then, maybe after the fi......more

Goodreads review by Titus

There is a folksy delivery to Cloudy In The West that I enjoyed. It is essentially a coming of age story written from the perspective of a twelve year old boy. It is a combined adventure yarn and morality tale and has moments of insight and wisdom that caused me to read certain passages deliberately......more