The Smiling Country

Name: The Smiling Country
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Elmer Kelton
ISBN: 9781501982668

Author: Elmer Kelton

Series: Hewey Calloway #1

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/22/2017

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

Elmer Kelton, author of over a dozen popular westerns, was named the Greatest Western Writer of All Time by the Western Writers of America. He has won multiple Golden Spur Awards. The Smiling Country, filled with pathos and humor, is set in the last days of the Old West. Hewey Calloway may be pushing 45, but he can still rope and outride most things on four legs. Refusing promotions, he prefers to remain a simple ranch hand. But as he rides the west Texas plains, automobiles are beginning to dot the landscape. When Hewey is critically injured by a wild horse, he must admit that his world--and an age--are passing away.

About Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Menâ€™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 Camie on April 14, 2023

I enjoyed this second book of the Hewey Calloway series. Hewey is getting older, being a cowboy is becoming tougher, and horses are beginning to be replaced by motorcars. Our hero Hewey faces some big decisions as his future of continuing the tough life of a rough and tumble bronc riding cowboy is b......more

Goodreads review by Sequoyah on September 05, 2024

Exactly the kind of book I love! And I expected nothing less from Elmer Kelton. This book seemed to move a little slower than some of his others, but the Hewey is a little older than he was in The Good Ole Boys. He’s still the same lovable character though. You get to see a really raw side of Hewey......more

Goodreads review by Megargee on March 23, 2014

I am an Elmer Kelton fan, so when I dashed into the library I headed for the "K" section. As usual Kelton did not disappoint. However, I suspect I would have enjoyed The Smiling Country even more if I had previously read The Good Old Boys and become acquainted with the characters. I am not familia......more