About this book
Published in 1959 at 224 pages, "Bitter Trail" belongs to Kelton's long run of standalone Westerns, written across a fifty-year career that ran from "Hot Iron" (1956) to "Many a River" (2008). It shares the series' grounding in agricultural and ranching hardship rather than the gunfighter tropes typical of the genre.
Key facts about Bitter Trail
Bitter Trail is a book by Elmer Kelton. Readers have had it since 1959. It runs to 224 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Bitter Trail. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812551181 to find the main one.
Elmer Kelton has 52 books in our catalogue. 20 of them belong to a series, while 32 stand alone. All 52 are out now. Other books by Elmer Kelton on file include Elmer Kelton's The Familiar Stranger (2024), Elmer Kelton's The Unlikely Lawman (2022), Texas Standoff (2010) and Other Men's Horses (2009).
Before this one, Buffalo Wagons came out in 1957. After it came Texas Rifles in 1960. Since then, our list has added 49 more books by Elmer Kelton.
Elmer Kelton has 4 series on file, such as Buckalew Family, Hewey Calloway and Sons of Texas. 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.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780812551181