Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton)
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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This is a story of the early days when...
An intense, red-haired young man named Rusty Shannon rides into Fort Belknap on the Brazos River and joins the Texas Rangers. Years before, Mike Shannon rescued Rusty from a Comanche war party and became his adoptive father. Not long ago, Mike Shannon, was bushwhacked and killed, and his death still haunts Rusty. Rusty thinks he knows the identity of Mike's killers. But with Texas now in the throes of seceding...
2) Badger boy
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st Forge ed.
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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English
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The Civil War has ended, and Union soldiers and federal officials have taken control of Texas as Rusty Shannon rides to his home on the Colorado River. As a child, he was a captive of the Comanche, as a young man a proud member of a ranging company protecting settlers from Indian raids. Shannon's fate is intertwined with the young man accompanying him: Andy Pickard, himself but recently rescued from Comanche captivity and known by his captors as Badger...
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 4
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English
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In the spring of 1874 the Ranger companies that protect settlers against Indian raids and outlaw bands are being reorganized and David "Rusty" Shannon is the most sought-after veteran for reenlistment.
But Shannon has new goals for his life: He is in love with Josie Monahan, daughter of the family that adopted him, and he intends to marry Josie and take her to his farm on the Colorado River. Rusty also feels affection and responsibility for Andy...
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Texas vendetta , Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 5
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Jericho's road , Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 6
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English
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Hard Trail to Follow is the seventh novel in Elmer Kelton's acclaimed "Texas Ranger" series from Elmer Kelton
Former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, called "Badger Boy" when he lived with Comanches as a child, is following the plow on West Texas land until he learns that his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing, has been killed during a jailbreak. The escaped bank robbers are led by a man calling himself Cordell. Andy gets reinstated as a Ranger so he can catch...
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 8
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
268 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Texas Rangers (Elmer Kelton) volume 9
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
284 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Andy Pickard and Logan Daggett investigate a series of killings and cattle thefts, while also dealing with a gang of regulators, a notorious hired gunman, and a telegram to the rangers from the state of Texas notifying them that their services are no longer required.