Llano River

He has been called the Patron Saint of Cowboy Literature, born at a place called Horse Camp, our Author did not swing into the saddle from age 3. Instead he was devoted to books and when he wrote his own you know his stories have moral judgments of what is proper even in the cowboy world. Elmer Kelt......more

Elmer Kelton remains one of the grand masters of the western novel. This one is a departure from his ranger series. The protagonist is not a lawman, but more or less acts like one. There are two interesting twists at the end -- neither of which I saw coming until close to the end. A fun, quick read.......more

If all Elmer Kelton books are like this, pass me the whole pile. I honestly could barely put it down. Dundee stumbles upon Titusville and a heap of trouble. I'm sure more than once he wished his horse had taken him any other direction. He makes a deal with John Titus to figure out who was taking his......more

Excellent western classic from 1966 from a master of the genre. The drifter Dundee gets hired to catch a band of cattle rustlers in 1880s southwestern Texas, but gets more than he bargained for in a stark landscape where law and order is enforced more often with bullets than with handcuffs. I will r......more

This is a rarity for Kelton. A straight-out traditional shoot-em up western. Well written and well plotted as a cattle man takes on the job of identifying and bringing to justice a group of rustlers. Recommended to fans of westerns!......more