He wants to be a footloose cowboy, endlessly wandering the land on horseback, but the open range of his childhood is slowly disappearing. Hewey calloway series our productions graphicaudio. The smiling country is a superb kelton a warm, nonviolent tale with captivating characters, a sweet love story, the flavor of a better time that has sadly passed. We first meet hewey chasing a longhorn bull on the loose, an animal that symbolizes the breed of overmuscled, hardscrabble. Elmer kelton audio books, best sellers, author bio. Elmer kelton of san angelo, texas is a native texan and author of over 50 western novels. The smiling country hewey calloway, book 1 by elmer kelton book cover, description, publication history. The smiling country, filled with pathos and humor, is set in the last days of the old west. It is 1910 and his freewheeling life is coming to an.
Western storyteller kelton cloudy in the west, 1997, etc. The smiling country is a later book of hiskirkus calls it his fortiethplus, as if theyve lost countand it follows a recurring character of kelton s, aging cowboy hewey calloway. Publication date 1998 topics ranch life, cowboys publisher new york. Browse elmer keltons bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Hewey calloway may be pushing 45, but he can still rope and outride most. In good old boy he walked away from the love of his life to continue a life free from socalled restrictions. The good old boys and the smiling country pairs two wonderful novels by one of the most honored of all western writers, elmer kelton the good old boys hewey calloway has a problem. To ask other readers questions about the smiling country, please sign up. There are at least two elmer kelton statues in san angelo, celebrating this longtime san angeloan, local journalisteditor, and western writer. The smiling country hewey calloway, book 1 by elmer kelton.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. I am an elmer kelton fan, so when i dashed into the library i headed for the k. The good old boys and the smiling country pairs two wonderful novels by one of the most honored of all western writers, elmer kelton. The western novel is unique to america, its characters diverse, and its canvas of. Kelton werd op een boerderij geboren in horse camp nabij andrews. Includes elmer keltons short story the last indian fight in kerr county. Elmer kelton introduced texas cowboy hewey calloway, one of the most beloved characters in western fiction, almost thirty years ago in the good old boys. The smiling country hewey calloway kelton, elmer on. Elmer stephen kelton was an american journalist and writer, known particularly for his western.
Texas christian university press 15 november 2006 language. The smiling country ebook by elmer kelton 9781466819146. The good old boys and the smiling country by elmer kelton. After more than 40 novels full of five foot eight and nervous western heroes, kelton brings back endearing hewey calloway, the restless, middleaged cowboy of. The novel was transformed into a memorable 1995 tv film starring tommy lee jones and sissy spacek. Rocky mountain news you can never go wrong if you want to read a good story with realistic characters and you pick up a title by elmer kelton. His bestknown books include the time it never rained, about the drought of the 1950s, the day the cowboys quit, about the 1883 cowboy strike at tascosa, texas, the man who rode midnight, about an old rancher fighting creeping development around his ranch and remembering. Elmer kelton, author of over a dozen popular westerns, was named the greatest western writer of all time by the western writers of america.
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