Buckalew Family · Book 2

After the Bugles

by Elmer Kelton

Published
1 January 1967
Pages
159
ISBN-13
9780816143269
Type
novel

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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.

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…

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