The Pumpkin Rollers Dramatized Adapt..., Elmer Kelton
The Pumpkin Rollers Dramatized Adapt..., Elmer Kelton
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The Pumpkin Rollers [Dramatized Adaptation]

Author: Elmer Kelton

Narrator: Richard Rohan, Mort Shelby, Elizabeth Jernigan, Danny Gavigan, Scott McCormick, Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Ken Jackson, A Full Cast, Dylan Lynch, Nanette Savard, Michael John Casey, Colleen Delany, Tim Getman, Andy Clemence, David Jourdan, Matthew Keenan, Nora Achrati, Bradley Smith, David Coyne

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: GraphicAudio

Published: 06/03/2020

Categories: Fiction, Western


Synopsis

In the cattle drives of the Old West, pumpkin rollers were green farmboys, almost more trouble than they were worth. When Trey McLean leaves his family's East Texas cotton farm and sets off on his own to learn the cattleman's trade, he's about as green as they come. But Trey learns fast. He learns about deceit when a con man cheats him out of his grubstake and about love when he meets the woman he's destined to marry. And when luck finally sets him on a cattle drive to Kansas, Trey learns the trade from veteran drover Ivan Kerbow, but he also learns the code of violence and death from outlaw Jarrett Longacre, a man who will plague his life at every turn.

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 Lori on September 21, 2021

I only read the first story. I like his stories, but they are hard to get through sometimes.......more