The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line: Two Complete Novels

by Elmer Kelton

Two complete novels in one low-priced edition from the legendary Western author Elmer The Pumpkin Rollers and The Buckskin Line

The Pumpkin Rollers
When Trey McLean leaves his family and sets off to learn the cattleman's trade, he's as green as they come. But Trey learns fast. He learns deceit from a con man, and love when he meets the woman he's destined to marry. On a cattle drive to Kansas, Trey learns the trade from veteran drover Ivan Kerbow, but he also learns the code of violence and death from an outlaw who will plague him at every turn.?

The Buckskin Line
When his adoptive father is killed, Rusty Shannon joins the Texas Rangers. Mike Shannon's death haunts him; he owed his life to Mike, who rescued him as a child from the Comanche. With Texas in the throes of secession, Rusty has his hands full, but heads for a showdown with the Buffalo Caller, The Comanche warrior who killed his family.

This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.

Genres: Westerns

640 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 25, 2015

About the author

Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was award-winning author of more than forty novels, including The Time It Never Rained, Other Men’s Horses, Texas Standoff and Hard Trail to Follow. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. His novel The Good Old Boys was made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for 42 years. He served in the infantry in World War II. He died in 2009.

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Reviews

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only read the first story. I like his stories, but they are hard to get through sometimes.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not too bad