Wagontongue - Volume 23

As a slave, Isaac Jefford went to war and saved the life of his master, Major Lytton. As a free man, Isaac became one of the major's top cowhands, respected - but never totally accepted - by fellow cowboys: when they gathered around the fire to eat their dinners, Isaac took his food and sat on the wagontongue alone. When Pete Runyan, a bitter southerner, joins the crew, Isaac has to swallow his rage more than once. But then Pete and Isaac are assigned the task of getting cash - profits from the sale of the herd - safely to the Fort Worth bank before a foreclosure deadline. Time and three gunmen on their trail are against them, and their journey becomes a race to prove who is the best man. The novel grew from a short story, included in this volume, along with a foreword in which Kelton explains the background of the story and the transition it made from short story to novel.

Product details

• Authors: Judy Alter, Elmer Kelton
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.1996
• EAN: 9780875651651
• ISBN: 978-0-87565-165-1
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 562 g
• Series: Texas Tradition; Texas Tradition Series
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature