The Raiders: Sons of Texas
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 768
- ISBN-13
- 9781250760524
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 768 pages, The Raiders: Sons of Texas is the longest of the three novels, published the same year as Sons of Texas and continuing the Lewis family's story as the Texas revolution builds.
Key facts about The Raiders: Sons of Texas
Elmer Kelton wrote The Raiders: Sons of Texas, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1989. The book has 768 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250760524 to find the main one.
The Raiders: Sons of Texas is book 2 of 3 in the Sons of Texas series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Sons of Texas (1989).
Additionally, Elmer Kelton writes Buckalew Family, Hewey Calloway and Texas Rangers 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 Sons of Texas
The Raiders: Sons of Texas is book 2 in the Sons of Texas series. It follows Sons of Texas. It is followed by The Rebels: Sons of Texas. See the full Sons of Texas reading order.
The Sons of Texas trilogy follows the Lewis family -- brothers Andrew, Michael, and James, and their sister Annie -- as American settlers and Mexican authorities in Texas move from uneasy coexistence toward the revolution that would create the Republic of Texas in the mid-1830s. Elmer Kelton wrote all three books; they were originally published under the house pseudonym Tom Early, a franchise byline the publisher later continued with further Sons of Texas installments by other, unrelated writers. Kelton's three…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250760524