After the Bugles
- Published
- 1 January 1967
- Pages
- 159
- ISBN-13
- 9780816143269
- Type
- novel
About this book
After the Bugles picks up two years later, in 1967, at a shorter 159 pages, opening exactly where the first book ends on the San Jacinto battlefield to follow Joshua Buckalew through the harder work of rebuilding a life amid bandits and Comanche raids.
Key facts about After the Bugles
Elmer Kelton wrote After the Bugles, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1967. The book has 159 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780816143269 to find the main one.
After the Bugles is book 2 of 2 in the Buckalew Family series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Massacre at Goliad (1965).
Additionally, Elmer Kelton writes Hewey Calloway, Sons of Texas and Texas Rangers as separate series. Those series sit on our western shelf. Meanwhile, Elmer Kelton's The Blessing is the latest published Elmer Kelton book on file, from 2025.
About Elmer Kelton
Elmer Kelton (1926-2009) was a Texas-born author widely regarded as one of the finest writers the Western genre produced, distinguished for trading gunfighter mythology for the harder, more specific realities of ranching and farming life. See every Elmer Kelton book in order.
Its place in Buckalew Family
After the Bugles is book 2 in the Buckalew Family series. It follows Massacre at Goliad. See the full Buckalew Family reading order.
An early two-book Elmer Kelton series set during the Texas Revolution. Massacre at Goliad (1965) follows brothers Thomas and Joshua Buckalew as revolution builds between Mexican authorities and American settlers -- Thomas eager for war, Joshua reluctant because he loves a Mexican woman -- through the Alamo, the Goliad massacre, and the decisive Battle of San Jacinto. After the Bugles (1967) picks up exactly where it ends, on the San Jacinto battlefield, following Joshua Buckalew through the harder work of…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780816143269