Elmer Kelton

Broschiertes Buch

Six Bits a Day

Beschreibung

Hewey Calloway, the best-loved cowboy in all of Western fiction, returns in this novel of his younger years as he and his beloved brother Walter leave the family farm in 1889 to find work in the West Texas cow country.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gale, a Cengage Company
• Seitenzahl: 391
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 138mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9798885781657
• Artikelnr.: 64265991