Book Overview
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 Pickard, a headstrong teenager he rescued from captivity among the Comanche - just as Rusty himself was rescued as a red-haired boy decades before. Then an unspeakable tragedy - the murder of his beloved Josie - changes Rusty's plans for a quiet farmer's life and alters his peace-loving character. Bent on revenge, he relentlessly trails Corey Bascom, son of an outlaw family and the man Rusty believes is Josie's killer. But the trail Rusty is following may be leading him to the wrong man. Set in the tumultuous Reconstruction period of Texas history, Ranger's Trail continues Elmer Kelton's chronicles of the origins of the renowned Texas Rangers, told as fiction but historically accurate in every detail and written by a favorite son of Texas.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0765305712
ISBN13:9780765305718
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:Forge
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.03 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Rusty Shannon Tries to Live the Quiet Life
Published by Charles , 4 years ago
At the beginning of book four of the Texas Rangers series, Rusty Shannon has "retired" to live a quiet and peaceable life on the Texas plains with the disbanding of the Rangers. When they are reformed he is a sought after recruit. And when tragedy strikes he realizes he must go back in to the service. Elmer Kelton as done himself proud with this book about life in Reconstruction Texas which followed the Civil War. Good Book.
Ranger's Trail
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Kelton is the best! This is another great one -- highly recommend!
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