Donovan

Name: Donovan
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781490693811

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 5 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/28/2015

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Donovan was supposed to be dead. The town of Dry Fork, southern Texas, had buried him years before when Uncle Joe Vickers had fired off both barrels of a shotgun into the vicious outlaw's face as he was escaping from jail. Now, Uncle Joe has been shot-in just the same way. And Judge Upshaw had found a noose hanging on his door. It looked as though Donovan was back-gunning for the people who had tracked him down and tried him. Sheriff Webb Matlock, a stern, quiet man, had more than one reason to find Donovan; Matlock was in love with the woman he had believed to be Donovan's widow; moreover, there were rumors that his hotheaded younger brother Sandy might have joined up with Donovan's gang. For his own peace of mind, and to protect the townspeople who had been threatened, Matlock decided to slip across the border, find Donovan in his Mexican hideout, and bring him back-or kill him.

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 Jim

While this western didn't cover any new territory, it was pretty good. The author obviously knows horses & the country, at least. There were a couple of fair mysteries to keep the tension up. A very solid western read.......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

Donovan, Elmer Kelton (western) Jeff Book Review #274 A local Sheriff hears a crazy rumor that a supposedly-dead border-jumping outlaw named Donovan might not be dead. Clabe Donovan had made a lot of angry threats to the locals in charge when his death sentence was passed down, so Sheriff Webb Matlock......more

Goodreads review by David

Years ago, Clabe Donovan died in the street, a shotgun blast to the face rendering him unrecognizable. Now, years later, people claim they've seen him and threat are being made.. Is he back? A decently written western with an interesting mystery. There were a couple of small problems for me. First, r......more

Goodreads review by JD

The writer in this classic story about the west and struggles between the law and the outlaw. Kelton finds a way to get you wrapped up in the story of the lives of the characters, and touches your heart, in this case the Sheriff and his younger brother, the sheriff and the outlaw's widow and the som......more