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Texas Rifles

By: Elmer Kelton
Narrated by: George Guidall
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Six-time winner of the Golden Spur Award, Elmer Kelton crafts stories that carry listeners into some of the most vivid years of the American West. Texas Rifles is an action-filled tale of courage in the face of divided loyalties.

In 1861, men are enlisting in the Texas Mounted Rifles to keep the land free from Indian raids. There are larger conflicts, however. Texas has seceeded from the union while war brews between the North and the South. Sam Houston Cloud has just joined the Texas Rifles. But he is deeply disturbed by the suffering he sees on all sides: White and Indian, Texan and immigrant. Elmer Kelton has an amazing talent for sweeping away stereotypes and filling his novels with unique, unforgettable men and women who know the ways of the frontier. Audie Award-winning narrator George Guidall's performance is superb.

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"His characters and narrative are colorful and well-defined, his plotting is taut and suspenseful." ( Publishers Weekly)
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George is an outstanding storyteller. He keeps you interested and involved with his many different characters throughout the book. I look forward to hearing more and more of his work.

Another Exciting Western

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This book is in a line with all the books Elmer Kelton writes about early days of Texas👍👍👍

Elmer Kelton at his best😊

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If this were made correctly into a *classic western* it would join the ranks of The Searchers and Lonesome Dove. I was unfamiliar with this book, it is now a favorite.

Top Notch

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This is right up there with the best Westerns I've ever read/listened. It is a real pleasure to be reading Kelton's work and live in Texas. He makes the authentic past so vivid, Before this one, my equal favorites are 'The Time It Never Rained'. and 'Slaughter'.

Too bad Hollywood doesn't know how to make a good authentic Western anymore.

Also, it's a great pleasure to hear Kelton narrated by George Guidall. George is like everybody's great-granddaddy recounting these Western tales. Just perfect.

Bravo! This ranks among the best Westerns

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Well written story of the Texas frontier. As always, a fantastic performance by George Guidell.

Great story, performance!

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