Honor at Daybreak

Name: Honor at Daybreak
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781501913297

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Jack Garrett

Unabridged: 15 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/29/2018

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

From one of the West's greatest living storytellers, winner of numerous awards, including the Spur, the Golden Saddleman, and the Western Heritage Award, here is Elmer Kelton's magnificent new novel of the wildcat West Texas oil boom of the 1920s. It used to be that the worst crime in Caprock was moonshining or lying about your Saturday night date on Sunday morning--until someone struck oil. Now the scent of the stuff has brought every dreamer, drifter, and two-bit swindler to town. Among them is the frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty, who warns any who'd stand in his way: Get Out or Die. One man will do neither. Sheriff Dave Buckalew is a man too proud to give up and too stubborn to give in. He liked his town the way it was--before the bootleggers, brothels, and fortune-seeking roustabouts--and so did a lot of other hardworking decent folk. Together they'll fight to win back their town--and their future. This is the story of their heroic stand.

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 Jeff on November 17, 2018

Another good book by America's best western writer (even L'amour). Honor At Daybreak is set in West Texas during the oil boom of the 1920's. The oil attracts drifters, swindlers and gangsters that quickly make life miserable for the town sheriff, his deputy and good citizens. This story has the ring......more

Goodreads review by Blaze on January 12, 2025

I’ve been watching "Landman," a new series starting Billy Bob Thorton. By recommendation of my mother, I read "Honor at Daybreak," which is about the Texas Oil Boom of the 1920s. Kelton is a fantastic writer of historical fiction. His books are well-researched, and "Honor at Daybreak" is no differen......more

Goodreads review by Ward on May 16, 2020

This one kind of under western transitions. Texas, as they heyday of the cowboy, and long trail drives. Changes into the booming oil industry. California had it's gold rush Texas had black gold. A very well rounded drama. Believable cast of characters. An out of work cowboy, being baptized into working oi......more

Goodreads review by Phil on July 05, 2023

Kelton deserves all his awards. Plus more.......more

Goodreads review by Sequoyah on November 09, 2023

What a look at the beginnings of the oil industry! Knowing what I do about Elmer Kelton’s life I see so much of his unique look on both sides of the event. The main character is a Cowboy come to a oilfield boom town. His cowboying job doesn’t work out and he finds himself in the oilfield. There’s th......more