About this book
Published in 1968 at 269 pages, "Captain's Rangers" 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 Captain's Rangers
Elmer Kelton wrote Captain's Rangers, a book on our list. It has been out since 1968. The book has 269 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780783894256 to find the main one.
Elmer Kelton has 52 books on our list. 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).
Earlier, After the Bugles came out in 1967. After it came Bowie's Mine in 1971. Since then, our list has added 42 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 9780783894256