Jericho's Road (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) - Hardcover

"[Kelton's] characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat."

Praise for the Texas Rangers series:
"As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable."--"The Dallas Morning News "on" Jericho's Road"
"Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat." --"Publishers Weekly" on "Jericho's Road"
"Kelton creates a story rich in historical context, character development and action."
--"The Houston Chronicle" on "Texas Vendetta"
"Storytelling as ripe as a bank ripe for robbing. Its quietly knifelike sentences will skin you alive."--"Kirkus Reviews" on "Texas Vendetta"
"Kelton...expands on his reputation with a thoughtful, realistic portrayal of the West in which carefully drawn characters -- not gunplay -- drive the action. If there's an heir to the Louis L'Amour legacy, it's Kelton."--" Booklist" on "Ranger's Trail"
"Kelton again lives up to his reputation as one of the finest and most prolific of today's Western authors." --"The Abilene Reporter News" on "The Way of the Coyote"
"Award-winning writer Elmer Kelton--a star in the shrinking Western genre-- totes you effortlessly to the post-Civil War Texas frontier, where white settlers were just learning to live with freed slaves, Comanches and each other. . . . His characters, like Shannon, make mistakes, are far from perfect and take life in stride."--"The New York Post" on "Badger Boy"
"Elmer Kelton writes of early Texas with unerring authority. His knowledge of the state's history is complete, too-drawn from the lives of real people. . . . The fate of Texas isat hand, and Kelton will have readers eager to find out what happens."--"Fort Worth Star-Telegram" on "The Buckskin Line"
"İKelton's¨ characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat."

"As always, Mr. Kelton''s history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable."

"[Kelton''s] characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can''t be beat."

"As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable."--"The Dallas Morning News "on" Jericho's Road"
"Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat." --"Publishers Weekly" on "Jericho's Road"

As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable. "The Dallas Morning News on Jericho's Road"

Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat. "Publishers Weekly on Jericho's Road""

"As always, Mr. Kelton's history is accurate and his characters clearly drawn and believable." --The Dallas Morning News on Jericho's Road

"Once again, Kelton offers and exciting tale in which the bad guys are really bad and some of the good guys are, too. His characters are sharly defined, the historical background is vivid and the gunplay can't be beat." --Publishers Weekly on Jericho's Road

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Men'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 have been 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, and served in the infantry in World War II. He died in 2009.