Badger Boy (Texas Rangers)

Kelton, Elmer

ISBN 10: 0812577507 / ISBN 13: 9780812577501

Verlag: Forge Books, 2002

It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wearâ creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers PKV.0812577507.A

Inhaltsangabe:

After his company of rangers, assigned to protect Texas settlers from attacks by hostile Native American tribes, is disbanded, David "Rusty" Shannon returns home to his land on the Red River, where he encounters a much changed world and a young white boy known as Badger Boy who had been taken from his murdered parents by a Comanche warrior. Reprint.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Elmer Kelton, author of more than forty novels, 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. For forty-two years he had a parallel career in agricultural journalism.

Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Among his best-known works have been The Time It Never Rained and The Good Old Boys, the latter made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones.

He served in the infantry in World War II. He and his wife, Ann, a native of Austria, live in San Angelo, Texas. They have three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was the award-winning author of more than forty novels, includingThe Time It Never Rained, Other Men's Horses, Texas Standoff andHard 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 novelThe 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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Badger Boy (Texas Rangers)
Verlag: Forge Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: acceptable