Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926 – August 22, 2009) was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas.
He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948. Kelton worked as the farm and ranch editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times from 1948 to 1963. He served as the associate editor of Livestock Weekly from 1968 to 1990. Kelton's memoir, Sandhills Boy, was published in 2007.
Kelton's novels won seven Spur Awards, from the Western Writers of America, and three Western Heritage Awards, from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. He also received a Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement.
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Partial list of works:
- Barbed Wire (1957)
- Buffalo Wagons (1957)
- Shadow of a Star (1958)
- Texas Rifles (1960)
- Donovan (1961)
- Massacre at Goliad (1965)
- After the Bugles (1967)
- Llano River (1968)
- The Day the Cowboys Quit (1971)
- Wagontongue (1972)
- The Time it Never Rained (1973)
- The Wolf and the Buffalo (1980)
- Dark Thicket (1985)
- Honor at Daybreak (1991)
- Slaughter (1992)
- The Far Canyon (1994)
- The Pumpkin Rollers (1996)
- Cloudy in the West (1997)
- The Smiling Country (1998)
- Way of the Coyote (2001)
- Jericho's Road (2004)
- Six Bits a Day (2005)
- Ranger's Law: A Lone Star Saga (2006)
- The Rebels: Sons of Texas (2007)
- Many A River (2009)
Texas Ranger novels:
- The Buckskin Line
- Badger Boy
- The Way of the Coyote
- Ranger's Trail
- Texas Vendetta
- Jericho's Road
- Hard Trail to Follow
- Other Men's Horses
- Texas Standoff
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