Comments on: Elmer Kelton, RIP http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/ Place. Limits. Liberty. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:36:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john dinan http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-21602 john dinan Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:03:14 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-21602 Where are Kelton's life works being archived? Where are Kelton’s life works being archived?

]]> By: Ken Bilbo http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11745 Ken Bilbo Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:53:12 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11745 He was a fine gentleman and a great writer. I will miss him. Ken Bilbo He was a fine gentleman and a great writer. I will miss him.

Ken Bilbo

]]> By: Erich Martin Hicks http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11556 Erich Martin Hicks Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:54:41 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11556 How do you keep a people down? You 'never' let them 'know' their history. The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling 'again' after Little Big Horn, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it weren’t for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would have been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry. Read the epic, "Rescue at Pine Ridge", buy on Amazon, or major bookstores, i.e., Barnes & Noble, or visit web site, rescueatpineridge.com to purchase and read some more good Buffalo Soldier history. Spread the word. How do you keep a people down? You ‘never’ let them ‘know’ their history.

The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling ‘again’ after Little Big Horn, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it weren’t for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would have been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry. Read the epic, “Rescue at Pine Ridge”, buy on Amazon, or major bookstores, i.e., Barnes & Noble, or visit web site, rescueatpineridge.com to purchase and read some more good Buffalo Soldier history. Spread the word.

]]> By: Elmer Kelton RIP | Idiotprogrammer http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11271 Elmer Kelton RIP | Idiotprogrammer Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:24:15 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11271 [...] Kaufman writes a lovely essay about Texas novelist Elmer Kelton (who recently died).  ("The Time It Never Rained" is his most acclaimed). Kelton wrote, "the Western [...] [...] Kaufman writes a lovely essay about Texas novelist Elmer Kelton (who recently died).  ("The Time It Never Rained" is his most acclaimed). Kelton wrote, "the Western [...]

]]> By: Death of a Texan « This Ringing Bell http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11243 Death of a Texan « This Ringing Bell Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:35:58 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11243 [...] of a Texan The inimitable Bill Kaufman has a piece on West Texas author Elmer Kelton, who died over the weekend.  Great article on one of the legends of the Western genre.  To be [...] [...] of a Texan The inimitable Bill Kaufman has a piece on West Texas author Elmer Kelton, who died over the weekend.  Great article on one of the legends of the Western genre.  To be [...]

]]> By: Jeff McDonald http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11233 Jeff McDonald Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:21:33 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11233 Bill, THANK YOU for one of the best pieces to appear in the days following Mr. Kelton's death. He was a wonderful gentleman, and a writer WITHOUT PEER in West Texas. Bill, THANK YOU for one of the best pieces to appear in the days following Mr. Kelton’s death. He was a wonderful gentleman, and a writer WITHOUT PEER in West Texas.

]]> By: gary dobbs/jack martin http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11212 gary dobbs/jack martin Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:11:45 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11212 I'm a British author of westerns. Using the pen name Jack Martin I publish with the Robert Hale LTD/Black Horse group. And Elmer Kelton was (is) an inspiration for anyone trying to write stories set in the mythical wild west but with an authentic edge. Elmer created wonderful characters and the backdrop to their adventures was vividly drawn. Reading his books was always fun - hey and isn't that the best reason to read? Rest in Peace We honour your memory Gary Dobbs I’m a British author of westerns. Using the pen name Jack Martin I publish with the Robert Hale LTD/Black Horse group. And Elmer Kelton was (is) an inspiration for anyone trying to write stories set in the mythical wild west but with an authentic edge. Elmer created wonderful characters and the backdrop to their adventures was vividly drawn. Reading his books was always fun – hey and isn’t that the best reason to read?

Rest in Peace
We honour your memory
Gary Dobbs

]]> By: Mark http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11184 Mark Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:31:11 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11184 Bill Great story on Mr. Kelton. As a fellow Texan, I saw him true Texas gentleman and fine writer in any genre. I read he has several books that were ready for publication when he passed away. Hopefully, they will be up to his high standards. He will be missed. Bill

Great story on Mr. Kelton. As a fellow Texan, I saw him true Texas gentleman and fine writer in any genre. I read he has several books that were ready for publication when he passed away. Hopefully, they will be up to his high standards. He will be missed.

]]> By: Ben P http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11123 Ben P Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:14:07 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11123 Bill, Thanks so much for featuring Elmer here. I was saddened yesterday morning to wake up and read of his death in the Dallas paper. As you convey, he was a fine writer. I spent part of my youth in West Texas and went to graduate school at Texas Tech in Lubbock. I have known west Texas cowboys - ridden horses and roped steers with them. Elmer nails them with his character descriptions and the dialect, lingo, and humor are perfect. Many of the stories deal with social and/or personal change, as you mention. My favorite of these is "The Good Old Boys". In my mind, it rivals "The Time it Never Rained" as Elmer's best. It's a tale of the conflict between the openness, freedom, and independence of late 1800's cowboy life and the coming complex technological advances of the 1900's. There is a scene where the lead character, a cowboy named Hewey Calloway, is expressing his concerns about the coming technoligical future that could be right out of Wendell Berry. This book was made into a fine TV movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Sissy Spacek, among others. It's certainly worth seeing. Bill, Thanks so much for featuring Elmer here. I was saddened yesterday morning to wake up and read of his death in the Dallas paper. As you convey, he was a fine writer. I spent part of my youth in West Texas and went to graduate school at Texas Tech in Lubbock. I have known west Texas cowboys – ridden horses and roped steers with them. Elmer nails them with his character descriptions and the dialect, lingo, and humor are perfect. Many of the stories deal with social and/or personal change, as you mention. My favorite of these is “The Good Old Boys”. In my mind, it rivals “The Time it Never Rained” as Elmer’s best. It’s a tale of the conflict between the openness, freedom, and independence of late 1800’s cowboy life and the coming complex technological advances of the 1900’s. There is a scene where the lead character, a cowboy named Hewey Calloway, is expressing his concerns about the coming technoligical future that could be right out of Wendell Berry. This book was made into a fine TV movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Sissy Spacek, among others. It’s certainly worth seeing.

]]> By: John Willson http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/08/elmer-kelton-rip/#comment-11114 John Willson Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:07:13 +0000 http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/?p=5486#comment-11114 Bill, Your piety never ceases to amaze and comfort me. I will write you a story about J. Evetts Haley soon; a Texan of stature comparable to Kelton's. McMurtry, by the way, thieved most of his good ideas from Haley. And please include Louis L'Amour; I know he is not fashionable, but "Hondo" (and many others) is a great novel. Bill,
Your piety never ceases to amaze and comfort me. I will write you a story about J. Evetts Haley soon; a Texan of stature comparable to Kelton’s. McMurtry, by the way, thieved most of his good ideas from Haley. And please include Louis L’Amour; I know he is not fashionable, but “Hondo” (and many others) is a great novel.

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