Elmer Kelton has 47 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 58 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 9 ratings. The most-rated is Other Men's Horses.
Eyes of the Hawk
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“Eyes of the Hawk was inspired by an old Texas legend about an embittered father who swore to kill the town that had killed his son, and let vengeance turn him into the man he hated most.” (Elmer Kelton) No one wants you to tamper with a legend, especially by telling the truth. So begins the story of a proud man named Thomas Canfield. He is descended from the earliest Texas pioneers and has inherited their courage and fortitude. To the Mexican citizens of Stonehill, Texas, he is “El Gavilán” - the Hawk - so called for the fire in his eyes, especially when confronted by the likes of Branch Isom. This insolent, dangerous newcomer intends to build his fortune at Canfield’s expense but underestimates his opponent. When a deadly feud ensues, the town of Stonehill heads toward a day of reckoning and the creation of a legend. Performed by Terence Aselford, Michael John Casey, Evan Casey, Bobby Aselford, Andy Clemence, Elizabeth Jernigan, David Harris, Nora Achrati, Scott McCormick, David Coyne, Kimberly Gilbert, Thomas Penny, Bradley Smith, David Jourdan, Lily Beacon, Jeff Allin, Tim Carlin, Drew Kopas, Christopher Graybill, Tim Pabon, Richard Rohan, Joe Brack, Nanette Savard, Casie Platt, Mort Shelby.
©2008 Elmer Kelton (P)2014 Graphic Audio, LLC
Texas Vendetta
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Winner of a record seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton pens fast-paced stories with well-developed characters and unbeatable excitement. In the midst of a long-standing family feud, three Rangers must fight to keep order in the tenuous state of post-Civil War Texas. Kelton's The Smiling Country is also available.
©2004 Elmer Kelton (P)2004 Recorded Books
Buffalo Wagons
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By 1873, the great buffalo herds have been all but wiped out, and the hide hunters are looking for other work. So, when Gage Jameson hears of one remaining herd, he sees a final opportunity to make a huge profit. But to find the buffalo, he will have to take his line of wagons deep into Comanche territory, where death lurks behind every rock. Kelton's feel for the last days of the American West is evident in each chapter of Buffalo Wagons. As Jameson and his crew journey further into danger, the growing tension is dramatically voiced by Audie Award-winning narrator George Guidall.
©1956, 1984 Elmer Kelton (P)2002 Recorded Books
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Texas Sunrise [Dramatized Adaptation]
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In Massacre at Goliad, tensions mount between Mexican authorities and American newcomers. Revolution is in the air, something Thomas Buckalew welcomes but his brother Joshua fears, since Joshua is in love with a Mexican girl. The story touches on the immortal battle of the Alamo but centers on the infamous Goliad massacre, and ultimately the decisive battle of San Jacinto, which made Texas an independent republic. After the Bugles begins where Massacre at Goliad ends - on the battlefield at San Jacinto, Joshua Buckalew tries to put the pieces back together but finds that starting over in the aftermath of war can be as challenging as the war itself. The racial differences that helped foment the conflict have not gone away. And Texas finds that being an independent republic can be more difficult than being a colonial extension of Mexico. Performed by Terence Aselford, Eric Messner, Danny Gavigan, Thomas Keegan, Tim Pabon, Yasmin Tuazon, Michael Glenn, Elizabeth Jernigan, Scott McCormick, James Konicek, David Coyne, Michael John Casey, Drew Kopas, Alyssa Wilmoth, Christopher Graybill, Catherine Aselford, Nick DePinto, David Harris, Bradley Smith, Richard Rohan, Patrick Bussink, Bobby Aselford, Gary Telles, Tim Carlin, Nanette Savard, Ren Kasey, Mort Shelby.
©2008 Elmer Kelton (P)2012 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Sons of Texas (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
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This begins the saga of The Lewis family, Mordecai and his sons Michael and Andrew. The leave Tennessee and head for Spanish-ruled Texas in search of wild horses. What they find will change their lives forever. Performed by Terence Aselford, Daniel Stevens, Drew Kopas, Yasmin Tuazon, Elizabeth Jernigan, Richard Rohan, David Coyne, James Konicek, Michael John Casey, Colleen Delany, Ren Kasey, Christopher Scheeren, Thomas Keegan, Jeff Allin, Laura Reichert, Ken Jackson, Michael Glenn, Joseph Thornhill, Joe Brack, Nanette Savard, Danny Gavigan, Lily Beacon, Mort Shelby.
©1989 Elmer Kelton (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC
Sandhills Boy
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Voted by his peers as the best Western writer of all time and honored with a record seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton is the beloved author of such compelling tales as The Good Old Boys. A beautifully written and highly readable memoir, Sandhills Boy reveals the origins of a unique storytelling talent and Texas treasure.
©2007 Elmer Kelton (P)2007 Recorded Books
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The Rebels (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
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Mexico won its freedom from Spain, and now the American settlers in Texas want their independence from the government of Mexico. Revolution is in the air, and the Lewis family is caught up in the struggle which will lead to the doomed battle of the Alamo. Performed by Terence Aselford, Tony Nam, Eric Messner, Drew Kopas, Daniel Stevens, Thomas Keegan, Michael John Casey, Joseph Thornhill, Casie Platt, Christopher Scheeren, Michael Glenn, Joe Brack, Yasmin Tuazon, David Coyne, Dylan Lynch, Ken Jackson, Tim Carlin, Bobby Aselford, Ren Kasey, MB Van Dorn, Richard Rohan, Nanette Savard, Nick DePinto, Patrick Stratton, Barbara Pinolini, Elizabeth Jernigan.
©1990 Elmer Kelton (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC
Wagontongue
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As a slave, Isaac Jefford went to war and saved the life of his master, Major Lytton. As a free man, Isaac became one of the major's top cowhands, respected - but never totally accepted - by fellow cowboys: when they gathered around the fire to eat their dinner, Isaac took his food and sat on the wagontongue alone. When Pete Runyan, a bitter southerner, joins the crew, Isaac has to swallow his rage more than once. But then Pete and Isaac are assigned the task of getting cash - profits from the sale of the herd - safely to the Fort Worth bank before a foreclosure deadline. Time and three gunmen on their trail are against them, and their journey becomes a race to prove who is the better man.
©1972 Elmer Kelton (P)2017 Recorded Books
Best of the West Expanded Edition, Vol. 1
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America's richest legends come from the frontier - from the land where the events of a single moment might erase the lines between law and lawlessness, between safety and mortal danger, between heroes and villains. The carefully selected stories in this collection are vibrant proof that the great American West is a fertile ground to storytellers. Here's the most varied collection of short stories, by 17 highly acclaimed Western writers, including works from Spur Award Winners Zane Grey, Will Henry, Elmer Kelton, Matt Braun, Loren Estleman, Gary McCarthy, Bill Gulick and more! Featuring performances by Roseanne Cash, Gary Morris, Ed Asner and Crystal Gayle.
Public Domain (P)2009 Phoenix Audio
Honor at Daybreak
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From one of the West's greatest living storytellers, winner of numerous awards, including the Spur, the Golden Saddleman, and the Western Heritage Award, here is Elmer Kelton's magnificent new novel of the wildcat West Texas oil boom of the 1920s. It used to be that the worst crime in Caprock was moonshining or lying about your Saturday night date on Sunday morning - until someone struck oil. Now the scent of the stuff has brought every dreamer, drifter, and two-bit swindler to town. Among them is the frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty, who warns any who'd stand in his way: Get out or die. One man will do neither. Sheriff Dave Buckalew is a man too proud to give up and too stubborn to give in. He liked his town the way it was - before the bootleggers, brothels, and fortune-seeking roustabouts - and so did a lot of other hardworking, decent folk. Together they'll fight to win back their town - and their future. This is the story of their heroic stand.
©1991 Elmer Kelton (P)2018 Recorded Books
Barbed Wire
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Recipient of seven Spur Awards, Elmer Kelton "just keeps getting better and better" ( Tulsa World). When a ruthless cattle baron and his men destroy Doug Monahan's property, his old friend and mentor is gunned down. Pistol whipped and now flat broke, Monahan finds refuge on the sprawling homestead of Noah Wheeler and his virtuous daughter. But Monahan refuses to quit.
©1985 Elmer Kelton (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
Dark Thicket
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Donovan: Donovan was supposed to be dead. The town of Dry Fork, southern Texas, had buried him years before when Uncle Joe Vickers had fired off both barrels of a shotgun into the vicious outlaw's face as he was escaping from jail. Now, Uncle Joe has been shot - in just the same way. And Judge Upshaw had found a noose hanging on his door. It looked as though Donovan was back - gunning for the people who had tracked him down and tried him. Sheriff Webb Matlock, a stern, quiet man, had more than one reason to find Donovan; Matlock was in love with the woman he had believed to be Donovan's widow; moreover, there were rumors that his hotheaded younger brother Sandy might have joined up with Donovan's gang. For his own peace of mind, and to protect the townspeople who had been threatened, Matlock decided to slip across the border, find Donovan in his Mexican hideout, and bring him back - or kill him. Dark Thicket: One of America's greatest Western storytellers, Elmer Kelton has been voted the greatest Western writers of all time by the Western Writers of America. Dark Thicket is one of his many classic tales of the history of his home state of Texas. Young Owen Danforth rides home to Texas as a wounded Confederate soldier, at a time when his home state is as savagely divided as his nation. As a grievously wounded America staggers toward the inevitable end of the Civil War, secessionist "home guards" and staunch Union loyalists fight their own bloody battles on a more local scale. For Owen, sick to death of fighting and yearning for peace and recuperation, his homecoming is bittersweet. And when his blood ties force him to choose a side in an unwinnable conflict, Owen begins to wonder if he will ever see peace in Texas again.
©1985 Doubleday and Company, Inc. (P)2018 Recorded Books
Many a River
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From seven-time Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton comes a riveting tale befitting the Western Writers of America’s Greatest Western Writer of all time. When Comanches slaughter his parents in 1855 West Texas, eight-year-old Jeff buries their scalped bodies—and the charred remains of his younger brother. Taken in by a homesteading family, Jeff ekes out an existence. But as he dons Confederate gray, he never dreams his brother is alive—or that he’s wearing Union blue.
©2008 Elmer Kelton (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC
The Smiling Country
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Elmer Kelton, author of over a dozen popular westerns, was named the Greatest Western Writer of All Time by the Western Writers of America. He has won multiple Golden Spur Awards. The Smiling Country, filled with pathos and humor, is set in the last days of the Old West. Hewey Calloway may be pushing 45, but he can still rope and outride most things on four legs. Refusing promotions, he prefers to remain a simple ranch hand. But as he rides the West Texas plains, automobiles are beginning to dot the landscape. When Hewey is critically injured by a wild horse, he must admit that his world - and an age - are passing away.
©1998 Elmer Kelton (P)2001 Recorded Books
The Day the Cowboys Quit
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Honored by the Western Writers of America (WWA) as one of history's 25 Best Westerns, and based on an actual 1883 Texas cowboys' strike, this Golden Spur Award-winning novel tells the gripping saga of veteran cowboys and upstart cattle lords vying for power and vainly resisting change. Recipient of Golden Saddleman, Lone Star Lifetime Achievement, and Western Heritage awards, Elmer Kelton is WWA's "Greatest Western Writer of All Time".
©1999 Elmer Kelton (P)2008 Recorded Books
Far Canyon
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Spur-Award winning author Elmer Kelton delivers the sequel to his novel Slaughter with this powerful story of one man's search for peace on the war-stricken plains of the Wild West. In The Far Canyon, Kelton masterfully unveils for his listener the finality of the buffalo’s demise, the beginning of a time when cattle would replace the American bison on the Southern plains and ultimately end the Plains Indian culture. The novel reveals the history of the period, not in a general grand swoop of the pen, but rather, up close and personal, so his listeners can judge the impact of the period upon his characters.
©2010 Elmer Kelton (P)2019 Recorded Books
Ranger's Trail
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Ranger's Trail takes listeners back to 1874 for a rousing tale of the legendary Texas Rangers. The Rangers are reorganizing, and they badly want Rusty Shannon to re-enlist. But Rusty has plans for a quiet, married life. Then a terrible tragedy destroys his world, and sends him down the treacherous trail of revenge. Seven-time Spur Award winner Elmer Kelton is a brilliant chronicler of the Wild West.
©2002 Elmer Kelton (P)2006 Recorded Books LLC
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Raiders (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]
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The story of Michael and Andrew Lewis continues. Five years after the death of their father Mordecai at the hands of Spanish soldiers in Texas, Michael seeks revenge. He, in turn, is being hunted by the Blackwood family from Tennessee, who have declared a feud with the Lewises. Performed by Terence Aselford, Drew Kopas, Daniel Stevens, Andy Clemence, Elizabeth Jernigan, Tony Nam, Joseph Thornhill, Michael John Casey, Thomas Keegan, MB Van Dorn, Richard Rohan, Joe Brack, Nanette Savard, Colleen Delany, Michael Glenn, James Konicek, Tim Getman, Eric Messner, Dylan Lynch, Nick DePinto, Bobby Aselford, Scott McCormick, Mort Shelby.
©1989 Elmer Kelton (P)2011 Graphic Audio, LLC
Texas Rifles
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Six-time winner of the Golden Spur Award, Elmer Kelton crafts stories that carry listeners into some of the most vivid years of the American West. Texas Rifles is an action-filled tale of courage in the face of divided loyalties. In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however. Texas has seceeded from the union while war brews between the North and the South. Sam Houston Cloud has just joined the Texas Rifles. But he is deeply disturbed by the suffering he sees on all sides: White and Indian, Texan and immigrant. Elmer Kelton has an amazing talent for sweeping away stereotypes and filling his novels with unique, unforgettable men and women who know the ways of the frontier. Audie Award-winning narrator George Guidall's performance is superb.
©1960 Elmer Kelton (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC
Hot Iron
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In the early days of the Texas panhandle, starting a new life is hard - but keeping it is even harder. Espy Norwood is a troubleshooter who's got troubles of his own, and more troubles find him when he lands a job on a ranch on the Texas plains. Bitter landowners plot against him, determined cattle thieves sneak right under his nose, and his own son refuses to trust or even know him. Can he catch the thieves, save the ranch, and win his son's love?
©1956 Elmer Kelton (P)2015 Recorded Books