Compiled for the first time in book form, seven-time Spur
Award-winning author Elmer Kelton's short story collection, Wild
West.
From rodeos to rustlers, from ranch life to the outlaw trail, Elmer
Kelton's take on the human condition shows us life in Texas as it was
back then: simpler, but harder, with danger always present. Readers will
meet several unforgettable characters, including a young veteran who
overcomes his PTSD to fight a fire ravaging his town, a sheriff who
continues to chase bandits despite having lost his job, and a frontier
housewife who refuses to let her home be held hostage by dangerous
criminals--even when all seems lost. Equally fascinating are the rancher
and his wife who protect their adopted son when his abusive biological
father returns unexpectedly, and the two women whose argument over a
prospective lover leads to a no-holds-barred rodeo barrel race.
As in all of Elmer Kelton's work, readers will, once again, encounter
the timeless strength of the human heart and the human spirit when
everything else has gone awry. Filled with adventure and imbued with a
love of the time, the people, and the place, these stories take us from
the earliest days of the Wild West well into the twentieth century, each
one embodying a passion for life that's as wide as Texas sky.
