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This entry in Elmer Kelton's Tales of Texas series whisks us away to witness a violent 1875 conflict. Thirty years after the Battle of San Jacinto, Texans and Mexicans are still spilling blood over control of the Nueces Strip. And Horse thieves and bushwhackers transform this hot, dry stretch between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers into a lawless inferno. Despite long odds, Captain McNelly and his small band of Texas Rangers strive to bring lasting peace to this swirling vortex of murder and racial hatred.
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"Good book about the taming of the Nueces Strip, just north of the Rio Grande. Kelton weaves appropriate historical facts in with his fiction and always makes it interesting. Highly recommended to western fans."
— Jeff (4 out of 5 stars)
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" I wished every state had an author like Elmer Kelton. "
— Don, 6/22/2011 -
" In my opinin ElmerKelton is one of the best writers of westerns we have today. He has a real way of painting the scene in his books I like his characters and they heroic but also belivable people. "
— Dave, 12/20/2009 -
" Kelton is rated among the top writers of Westerns and I have to agree. In this particular book he takes historical fact and makes of it an interesting and fast-moving story. "
— J.R., 11/3/2009 -
" In my opinin ElmerKelton is one of the best writers of westerns we have today. He has a real way of painting the scene in his books I like his characters and they heroic but also belivable people. "
— Dave, 1/26/2009 -
" Kelton is rated among the top writers of Westerns and I have to agree. In this particular book he takes historical fact and makes of it an interesting and fast-moving story. "
— J.R., 1/27/2008
About Elmer Kelton
Elmer Kelton (1926–2009) was an award-winning author of more than forty novels. He won seven Spur Awards from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He was also the recipient of the Owen Wister Lifetime Achievement award. His novel The Good Old Boys was made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones. He also wrote sixteen works of nonfiction. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, served in the infantry in World War II, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. In addition to his novels, he worked as an agricultural journalist for forty-two years.
About Kevin Orton
Kevin Orton is a musician, composer, and actor. He performed in the 1999 Broadway revival of Amadeus and has appeared in numerous other New York and regional theater productions, as well as on television and in film. As a musician, he is most noted for composing and performing original music in the Tony Award–winning production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.