Texas Sunrise [Dramatized Adaptation]

Name: Texas Sunrise [Dramatized Adaptation]
Brand: Graphic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781648799303

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Mort Shelby, Elizabeth Jernigan, Alyssa Wilmoth, Danny Gavigan, Richard Rohan, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Bobby Aselford, Patrick Bussink, James Konicek, Yasmin Tuazon, Ren Kasey, A Full Cast, Christopher Graybill, Nanette Savard, Michael John Casey, Catherine Aselford, David Harris, Thomas Keegan, Tim Andrés Pabon, Michael Glenn, Drew Kopas, Bradley Smith, Tim Carlin, David Coyne, Gary Telles, Nick DePinto

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: GraphicAudio

Published: 06/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

In Massacre at Goliad, tensions mount between Mexican authorities and American newcomers. Revolution is in the air, something Thomas Buckalew welcomes but his brother Joshua fears, since Joshua is in love with a Mexican girl. The story touches on the immortal battle of the Alamo but centers on the infamous Goliad massacre, and ultimately the decisive battle of San Jacinto, which made Texas an independent republic.

After the Bugles begins where Massacre at Goliad ends--on the battlefield at San Jacinto. Joshua Buckalew tries to put the pieces back together but finds that starting over in the aftermath of war can be as challenging as the war itself. The racial differences that helped foment the conflict have not gone away. And Texas finds that being an independent republic can be more difficult than being a colonial extension of Mexico.

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 Judy on March 20, 2018

I read this book (actually two books in one) for the Popsugar category of "a book tied to your ancestry". One of my many-times-great-grandfathers was John Leonard Randal, one of the Senators in the Republic of Texas. Like him, the characters in these two novels came to Texas from Tennessee in the 18......more

Goodreads review by M. on December 30, 2023

Texas Sunrise – A novel of the Texas Republic – Printed 1965 - **** - A long narrative advertised as two separate novels – one about the Massacre at Goliad and the second about the follow up to the battle of San Jacinto. To me, the book read as one novel. Joshua Buckalew is the protagonist in both,......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary on December 16, 2009

This double book by Elmer Kelton parallels that of THE REBELS which told of the first and second battles of the Alamo. Goliad is mentioned in THE REBELS, but in the first book of TEXAS SUNRISE.....MASSACRE AT GOLIAD, it is given in great detail. Then the second book AFTER THE BUGLES, (starting afte......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 14, 2009

Saw this in my NJ library and of course had to read it. I was surprised how much I liked it given how much I disliked Texas History in school, but this was a wonderful novel based during the days of the Texas revolution from Mexico.......more

Goodreads review by Dan on September 06, 2013

Always enjoyable to read an Elmer Kelton novel. Texas Sunrise deals with racism of the Mexican and the settling of Texas.......more