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| Title | : | The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765377802 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
Mike Shannon's death haunts him; he owed his life to Mike, who rescued him as a child from the Comanche. Two complete novels by Elmer Kelton in one low-priced editionThe Pumpkin RollersWhen Trey McLean leaves his family and sets off to learn the cattleman's trade, he's as green as they come. 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 an outlaw who will plague him at every turn.?The Buckskin LineWhen his adoptive father is killed, Rusty Shannon joins the Texas Rangers. With Texas in the throes of secession, Rusty has his hands full, but heads for a showdown with the Buffalo Caller, The Comanche warrior who killed his family.. But Trey learns fast. He learns deceit from a con man, and love when he meets the woman he's destined to marry
Though not Kelton's best, with its colorful argot, lively period detail and manly action, this novel will no doubt be corralled by a passel of western fans. There, he gets a job as a drover, meets his future love and learns the herding trade from a grizzled old-timer. Trey eventually becomes a pro drover, marries Sarah and watches the cycle of life on the range begin again. The requisite violence of the genre is provided by marauding Comanches and gunman Jarrett Longacre, who pops up in Trey's life with uneasy regularity. . Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly Six-time Golden Spur winner Kelton (The Far Canyon, etc.) produces westerns that are far from routine oaters, and this new novel set in post-Ci
"Elmer Kelton was a great writer who could create wonderful characters and place them" according to Bobby D. Odom. Elmer Kelton was a great writer who could create wonderful characters and place them in historically accurate settings. He made history come alive through fiction. Pumpkin Rollers may be his best. It depicts the time in Texas when civilization was just beginning to spread westward through a very engaging young married couple who experience what it was like to move away from home and family literally to a place where they had to start from scratch. There is plenty of humor and suspense. The greatest mistake one could ever make would be to write off Kelton as just a western writer. H. Five Stars You can't go wrong with Elmer Kelton. "A "Pilgrim's Progress" set in the Great Plains" according to A Customer. Trey McLean, an innocent and adventurous young man, takes leave of his farming family in East Texas to seek his fortune among the cattle ranches and drives of still wild West Texas. After being cheated out of all his money, Trey quickly finds trust and honesty to be qualities lacking in too many of the people he meets. Encounters with a fanatical lawman, ruthless cattle barons, and common thieves only strengthen his determination to succeed. But, as in any good Western, there are the good guys, too. With their help, the skills he has he improves, and those he needs he goes after wi
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