Texas Rifles

Name: Texas Rifles
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781440742859

Author: Elmer Kelton

Series: Elmer Kelton's Texas Rangers

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 6 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/17/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Golden Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton crafts stories that carry listeners into some of the most vivid years of the American West. Texas Rifles is an action-filled tale of courage in the face of divided loyalties.

In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however. Texas has seceded from the union while war brews between the North and the South. Sam Houston Cloud has just joined the Texas Rifles. But he is deeply disturbed by the suffering he sees on all sides: White and Indian, Texan and immigrant.

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 March 16, 2019

An average western by Kelton is way better than most westerns. Sam Houston Cloud joins the Texas Rifles to avoid having to fight against the American flag and to avoid having to fight against the Confederacy. In his first real action he rescues a white woman who had been captured by the Comanche man......more

Goodreads review by Adam on November 07, 2011

When I was in high school and reading a lot of Louis L'Amour novels, I heard somewhere that Elmer Kelton was an even better western writer. After (finally) reading one of his books, the jury's still out, but there's no question that he's a fine storyteller and a good prose stylist. Texas Rifles takes......more

Goodreads review by Craig on June 18, 2013

Kelton is becoming a favorite western novelist of mine. A nice plot, character development and social commentary for this genre.......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 14, 2017

Kelton has become my favorite western writer. This is one of his early works and written in 1960 it definitely has a 50's feel to it, but truly a good saga.......more

Goodreads review by Melody on September 21, 2007

There was some swearing, but overall my family really enjoyed it!......more