Texas Rangers · Book 1
The Buckskin Line
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 287
- ISBN-13
- 9781590402443
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Buckskin Line opens Elmer Kelton's nine-novel Texas Rangers series in 1999, introducing Rusty Shannon, orphaned in a Comanche raid and raised by a Ranger veteran, as he grows into a Ranger himself on the turbulent post-Civil War Texas frontier. At 287 pages, it launches the series' generational story.
Its place in Texas Rangers
The Buckskin Line is book 1 in the Texas Rangers series. It is followed by Badger Boy. See the full Texas Rangers reading order.
Elmer Kelton's last extended body of work follows Rusty Shannon, orphaned as a child in a Comanche raid and raised by a Texas Ranger veteran, as he grows into a Ranger himself in the turbulent decades around the Civil War and Reconstruction on the Texas frontier. Across nine novels published between 1999 and 2010, the series widens from Rusty's own story to follow the next generation, including Andy Pickard, a boy Rusty rescues from a Comanche war party in the opening book, as the frontier itself changes around…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781590402443