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Many a River | 
| Author: Elmer Kelton
Publisher: Forge Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 35513
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0765320509
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765320506
ASIN: 0765320509
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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Condition: Brand-new, MINT condition! Unread and free of rips/tears/folds/etc.! Spine unbroken!
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Product Description
The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by the militia men. Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January. Both become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pits Confederate sympathizers against Unionists. The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence. Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies?
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Vintage Kelton July 6, 2008
I have read every book and manuscript Kelton has ever produced, and met him and his still pretty Austrian wife at many book-selling gatherings. He was voted as "the best western book writer of our times" (or something closely akin to that), and he well deserves the title.This book is another "Can't Put Down" book, and showcases (1) the polarization of the Civil War in many Texas Communities (2) various real life forts and battles of that war in Eastern New Mexico clear to the very tip of South Texas, and (3)the various rivers and watering holes along those trails (Commanche Springs of Fort Stockton, Texas). His characters are visible, almost tangible,and the reader develops s close kinship to their plights and exuberations.
A GREAT AUTHOR June 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a really good western-style book. Kelton never fails to evoke some joy of victory, as well as a tear of irony.He is a master of the metaphor.
I wish he published a new story every week! I have all of his novels and some of his short stories and biographical works, and love them all!
A Blend of Classic Paperback and Hardcover Keltonia June 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've followed "Pop" Kelton's novels since meeting up with him at Baylor University back in the early 1980s, and this is one of his very finest. The plot resembles D. W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm in that two siblings (brothers) are torn apart at an early age and we follow their separate adventures until the final pages of the novel. But what is startling here--for those like me who have a whole bookcase stocked with Kelton--is that he manages to do something rather unique here. He takes the best of his paperback style--finger-burning page-turning with loads of action, hard-knocks and bullets--and weds it to his hardcover style--meticulous historical sensibilities, fine dry humor, and utter believability. If you've found yourself getting a little sleepy with the last half-dozen or so novels, be prepared for a jolt. This one's a classic and a real corker, whether you're coming to Kelton for the first time or you're already carrying his brand.
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