After the Bugles and Llano River: Two Classic Westerns - Softcover

Kelton, Elmer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765393395 ISBN 13: 9780765393395

Publisher: Forge Books, 2017

Synopsis

Two novels from seven-time Spur Award–winning author Elmer Kelton, "truly a Texas legend" (former Texas Governor Rick Perry), After the Bugles and Llano River.

After the Bugles
Joshua Buckalew has left behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother Thomas. The war with Mexico has cost him much, but it has also given him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna. Josh is travelling with Ramon Hernandez, his best friend and the man who had fought with him. Where they are going, he isn't quite sure. His home is in ashes―burned by either the retreating Texans or the advancing Mexican Army―and the land is full of bandits and opportunists who would happily shoot Ramon simply because he is Mexican. Exiles in the land they had fought to liberate, Josh and Ramon struggle to rebuild their lives after the bugles.

Llano River
When former cattle man Dundee wanders into the town of Titusville, he's broke, tired, and itching for a fight. Instead, he gets a job offer from none other than the top man in town, John Titus. Titus recruits Dundee to find out who's rustling his extensive herd of cattle. But for Titus, it isn't enough that Dundee find the missing cattle. He wants to place the blame on a specific person: Blue Roan Hardesty, a one-time friend turned sworn enemy of the powerful Titus clan. All Titus needs is hard proof, and Dundee is just the man to get it.

What Dundee uncovers creates a shooting war out of a simmering feud...with him in the middle.

This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

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From the Back Cover

In the aftermath of a bitter and bloody war for independence, Texans have finally claimed their freedom from Mexico--but they don't have much else to brag about.

Joshua Buckalew has left behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother Thomas. The war has cost him much but it has also given him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna.

Josh is travelling with Ramon Hernandez his best friend and the man who had fought with him, side by side. Where they are going, he isn't quite sure. His home is ashes--burned by either the retreating Texans or the advancing Mexican army―and the land is full of bandits and opportunists who would happily shoot Ramon simply because he is Mexican.

Exiles in the land they had fought to liberate, Josh and Ramon struggle to rebuild their lives After the Bugles.

"Kelton's great charm is true history. His characters are the gritty people who made Texas. . . . You can trust Kelton's Western savvy packed neatly into the details of his books." –The Victoria Advocate on The Way of the Coyote

"Elmer Kelton is a splendid writer." –The Dallas Morning News

"The hallmark of any Elmer Kelton novel is his thorough research and his feel for the time and place. . . Kelton, like fine wine, just keeps getting better and better."―Tulsa World on Badger Boy

About the Author

ELMER KELTON (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. 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 forty-two years, and served in the infantry in World War II. He died in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forge Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0765393395
• ISBN 13: 9780765393395
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400