1. Badger Boy
The Civil War is over and Texas is reluctantly yielding to the Union soldiers spreading across the state, even into the dangerous Comanche country. David "Rusty" Shannon, proud member of a "ranging company" attempting to protect Texas settlers from Indian depredations, finds that the rangers are…
2. Badger Boy and the Way of the Coyote
Elmer Kelton, the most honored of all Western writers, brings to life the formative years of the Texas Rangers with the knowledge of a native Texan and the skill of a master storyteller. In Rusty Shannon, a tough and smart young man navigating the dangers of…
3. Hard Trail to Follow
Former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard, known as "Badger Boy" from his childhood years living with Comanches, has settled into a peaceful life as a farmer. But when his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing, is killed during a jailbreak, Andy's world is shattered. Determined to bring the escaped…
4. Jericho’s Road and Hard Trail to Follow
Jericho’s Road “This is Jericho’s Road. Take the Other.” When young Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is assigned to the Texas-Mexico border, he learns the meaning of this ominous notice on the edge of a great tract of land above the Rio Grande. Rancher Jericho Jackson is…
5. Lone Star Rising
In 1999, with Forge's publication of The Buckskin Line, Elmer Kelton launched a series of novels on the formative years of the Texas Rangers. In Texas Justice, the first three of these critically acclaimed books are now brought together in a single volume. In The Buckskin…
6. Other Men’s Horses
Texas Ranger Andy Pickard is assigned what appears to be a routine duty. Donley Bannister, a West Texas horse trader, has killed a thug named Cletus Slocum, who stole one of Bannister's horses. Ranger Pickard is ordered to find and arrest Bannister and bring him to…
7. Ranger’s Law
Written by the most honored Western writer of all time, Ranger's Law presents three novels from Elmer Kelton's acclaimed saga of the formative years of the Texas Rangers. In Ranger's Trail, set in the decade following the Civil War, young David "Rusty" Shannon hopes to join…
8. Ranger’s Trail
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,…
9. Texas Standoff
Texas Rangers Andy Pickard and Logan Daggett are sent into central Texas after a series of killings and cattle thefts threatens to ignite a local feud. Two powerful cattlemen blame one another, but the Rangers suspect that the obvious rivalry is concealing a more organised campaign.…
10. Texas Vendetta
fifth in Elmer Kelton's memorable and critically acclaimed Texas Rangers series, is filled with the author's always engaging characters and is set against the historically accurate backdrop of the turmoil of post-Civil War Texas. Ranger privates Andy Pickard, the onetime Comanche captive called Badger Boy, and…
11. The Buckskin Line
"The Buckskin Line" tells of Texas' chaotic early years, when a ragtag group of irregular volunteers fought to defend the far edges of settlement from incursion by Indians and frontier outlaws. In time, they would become known as the Texas Rangers."—Elmer Kelton Rusty Shannon, an intense,…
12. The Way of the Coyote
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…