Gunsmoke Western S.
2 total works
Joshua Buckalew has left behind the deserted battlefields that claimed his brother Thomas. The war with Mexico has cost him much, but it has also given him a strong bond to the land and to the Mexican families who stood with him against the tyrannies of Santa Anna. Josh is travelling with Ramon Hernandez, his best friend and the man who had fought with him, side by side. Where they are going, he isn't quite sure. His home is ashes--burned by either the retreating Texans or the advancing Mexican Army-and the land is full of bandits and opportunists who would happily shoot Ramon simply because he is Mexican. Exiles in they land they had fought to liberate, Josh and Ramon struggle to rebuild their lives After The Bugles.
Frank Claymore is not easy to like - to admire, maybe, but not to like. He is cantankerous, stubborn, and intolerant - the very qualities that make him a success as an open-range cattleman on the West Texas frontier. In one of his most memorable novels, acclaimed Western writer Elmer Kelton follows Frank Claymore's life from the time of the Civil War to the dawn of the 20th century - through marriage, births, deaths, and a creeping change in the society that once hailed him as a hero, but which later has him condemned and tried for murder.