Texas Tradition Series: The Smiling Country (Series #38) (Hardcover)

from lamour

The Smiling Country reads somewhat like a memoir as its descriptions of the life of a cowboy are probably much like it was. Hewey Caldwell is the protagonist but he is full of weaknesses as he refuses to believe he is getting too old for the tough ranch work such as breaking broncs and wrestling ...

from debs4jc

Sometimes change is hard. For Hewey Calloway, a cowboy getting up in years, changes such as the advent of automobiles seem to be tearing him away from the only way of life he has every loved. It seems that change is being forced upon him--his body isn't what it used to be, and his young nephew sh...

from TimBazzett

Elmer Kelton's books are always a treat. There's precious little violence and no sex, and certainly no drugs or rock and roll (although there is a little drinking). No, there is simply fine story-telling, with believable and likeable characters. If you saw the TNT western, THE GOOD OLD BOYS (star...

from TimBazzett

Elmer Kelton's books are always a treat. There's precious little violence and no sex, and certainly no drugs or rock and roll (although there is a little drinking). No, there is simply fine story-telling, with believable and likeable characters. If you saw the TNT western, THE GOOD OLD BOYS (star...