Rangers Trail, Elmer Kelton
Rangers Trail, Elmer Kelton
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Ranger's Trail

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

In the spring of 1874 the Ranger companies that protect settlers against Indian raids and outlaw bands are being reorganized and David "Rusty" Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment.

But Shannon has new goals for his life: He is in love with Josie Monahan, daughter of the family that adopted him, and he intends to marry Josie and take her to his farm on the Colorado River. Rusty also feels affection and responsibility for Andy Pickard, a headstrong
teenager he rescued from captivity among the Comanche—just as Rusty himself was rescued as a red-haired boy decades before.

Then an unspeakable tragedy—the murder of his beloved Josie—changes Rusty's plans for a quiet farmer's life and alters his peace-loving character. Bent on revenge, he relentlessly trails Corey Bascom, son of an outlaw family and the man Rusty believes is Josie's killer.

But the trail Rusty is following may be leading him to the wrong man.

Set in the tumultuous Reconstruction period of Texas history, Ranger's Trailcontinues Elmer Kelton's chronicles of the origins of the renowned Texas Rangers, told as fiction but historically accurate in every detail and written by a favorite son of Texas.

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 Ellen on October 26, 2017

MeTV (I think) has been re-running a 1950s relic called "Trackdown" starring Robert Culp (with occasional guest appearances by Steve McQueen) and supposedly based on the true annals of the Texas Rangers. This book could be a "Trackdown" script. Just a western, and all that implies, with the focus fi......more

Goodreads review by Sam on June 11, 2022

Classic old west and Texas right after Reconstruction with the Rangers taking over Texas had become a haven for outlaws, marauding Cheyenne, and a final stop for Buffalo slaughter. Elections brought in leadership to remove the carpetbaggers and reinstate the Rangers over the corrupt State Police. A f......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on February 25, 2019

Didn't enjoy this one as much as the previous titles. The bad guys were disappointingly cliche.......more

Goodreads review by Fran on July 22, 2021

Liked first three books a lot- but couldn’t finish , must he make Rusty always be a loner, looking for a wife?......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on August 16, 2020

Just finished Ranger's Trail the fourth book in the Texas Ranger's series. I know I sound like a broken record, but have been reading these books in order, and just can't give them enough accolades . Sometimes a series can go sour, but most of the times it get's better as you get familar with the ch......more