The Unlikely Lawman, Steve Kelton
The Unlikely Lawman, Steve Kelton
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The Unlikely Lawman
A Hewey Calloway Adventure

Author: Steve Kelton, Elmer Kelton

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/02/2022


Synopsis

Rascally cowboy Hewey Calloway is heading north to Colorado on a horse drive for an old friend when he gets word that one of his hired hands is planning to rob him. After the plot is foiled, the fugitive horsehand is on the run and leaving bodies in his wake. Hewey, the worst pistol shot in the West, is deputized to bring the criminal to justice, bestowing him with a weight of responsibility he's long avoided and leaving him to wonder if even the help of a retired Texas Ranger is enough to put an end to this trail of dastardly deeds. Steve Kelton's The Unlikely Lawman will transport you to an Old West full of duplicity, gunfights, and, of course, plenty of cowboys and robbers.

About Steve Kelton

Steve Kelton is retired from the San Angelo-based Livestock Weekly. Aside from journalism, he is the author of two nonfiction books about Texas. A West Texas native, he is a son of the late Western novelist and livestock journalist Elmer Kelton. During his youth, he spent as much time as possible on the McElroy Ranch in West Texas’s Crane and Upton counties. Managed by his grandfather, Buck Kelton, the McElroy was where Elmer and his brothers grew up.

About Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas, worked as an agricultural journalist, and served in the infantry in World War II. 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.

About George Guidall

George Guidall is an acclaimed and prolific audiobook narrator whose recordings of both classics and popular bestsellers have garnered uniformly excellent reviews from Audiofile, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and a variety of other national newspapers and magazines. He has received several Audie Awards, holds the record for receiving the most Earphone Awards, and has been honored by the Audio Publishers Association with a Life-Time Achievement Award.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on May 14, 2023

Elmer Kelton's son, Steve, adds another chapter in the story of Hewey Calloway, the somewhat footloose West Texas cowboy who lives around the turn of the twentieth century. According to the end notes, Elmer had sketched out some of this tale before his passing. This one takes place between Six Bit A......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on May 04, 2024

I sure like this series and am glad that Steve Kelton has continued it. Hewey Calloway is still the same character that is funny and he doesn't know it. Westerns that have a sense of humor are very rare. In fact, this is the only series like that,that I can recall.......more

Goodreads review by Melody on July 26, 2023

Great story!!......more

Goodreads review by Mike on January 08, 2025

A better story and better character development than 6 Bits. An enjoyable read......more