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.
Key facts about The Buckskin Line
Elmer Kelton wrote The Buckskin Line, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1999. The book has 287 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781590402443 to find the main one.
The Buckskin Line is book 1 of 9 in the Texas Rangers series. The series has 9 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Elmer Kelton writes Buckalew Family, Hewey Calloway and Sons of Texas 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 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