Elmer Kelton
Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926 – August 22, 2009) was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948.
Also recorded as Elmer Stephen Kelton
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- Name
- Elmer Stephen Kelton
- Born
- April 29, 1926
- Birthplace
- Five Wells Ranch, Andrews County, Texas, U.S.
- Died
- 22 August 2009
- Place of death
- San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Journalist
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin
- Spouse
- Anna (née Lipp) Kelton
- Nationality
- United States
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Elmer Kelton (April 29, 1926 – August 22, 2009) was an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948.
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Elmer Kelton (1926–2009) was a journalist, novelist and writer, of American nationality. The journalist was born in Andrews County and died in San Angelo. Elmer Kelton was educated at University of Texas at Austin.
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Kelton worked as the farm and ranch editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times from 1948 to 1963. He served as the associate editor of Livestock Weekly from 1968 to 1990. Kelton's memoir, Sandhills Boy, was published in 2007. Kelton's novels won seven Spur Awards, from the Western Writers of America, and three Western Heritage Awards, from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. He also received a Owen Wister Award for lifetime achievement.
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• Name — Elmer Stephen Kelton • Born — April 29, 1926 • Birthplace — Five Wells Ranch, Andrews County, Texas, U.S. • Died — 22 August 2009 • Place of death — San Angelo, Texas, U.S. • Occupation — * Journalist • writer • novelist • Period — 1957–2009 • Genre — Westerns • Education — University of Texas at Austin • Spouse — Anna (née Lipp) Kelton • Children — 3 • Website — elmerkelton.net
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1926
Elmer Kelton born at Andrews County.
2009
Elmer Kelton died at San Angelo.
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• Year — Award — Category — Work • 1957 — Spur Award — Novel — Buffalo Wagons • 1971 — Spur Award — Novel — The Day the Cowboys Quit • 1973 — Spur Award — Novel — The Time It Never Rained • 1974 — Western Heritage Award — Western Novel — The Time It Never Rained • 1977 — Owen Wister Award — Western literature — Lifetime achievement • 1979 — Western Heritage Award — Western Novel — The Good Old Boys • 1981 — Spur Award — Novel — Eyes of the Hawk • 1988 — Western Heritage Award — Western Novel — The Man Who Rode Midnight • 1992 — Spur Award — Novel of the West — Slaughter • 1994 — Spur Award — Novel of the West — The Far Canyon • 2002 — Spur Award — Best Western Novel — Way of the Coyote • 2010 (posthumously) — American Cowboy Culture Association — Fictional works — Lifetime achievement
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- 1.Kelton, Elmer (2007). - Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer. - New York, New York: Forge. - p.26. - .
- 2.San Angelo Standard-Times. UPDATE: Elmer Kelton dies at 83.
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- Barbed Wire (1957)
- Buffalo Wagons (1957)
- Shadow of a Star (1958)
- Texas Rifles (1960)
- Donovan (1961)
- Massacre at Goliad (1965)
- After the Bugles (1967)
- Llano River (1968)
- The Day the Cowboys Quit (1971)
- Wagontongue (1972)
- The Time it Never Rained (1973)
- The Wolf and the Buffalo (1980)
- Dark Thicket (1985)
- Honor at Daybreak (1991)
- Slaughter (1992)
- The Far Canyon (1994)
- The Pumpkin Rollers (1996)
- Cloudy in the West (1997)
- The Smiling Country (1998)
- Way of the Coyote (2001)
- Jericho's Road (2004)
- Six Bits a Day (2005)
- Ranger's Law: A Lone Star Saga (2006)
- The Rebels: Sons of Texas (2007)
- Many A River (2009)
- The Buckskin Line
- Badger Boy
- The Way of the Coyote
- Ranger's Trail
- Texas Vendetta
- Jericho's Road
- Hard Trail to Follow
- Other Men's Horses
- Texas Standoff
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