The Way of the Coyote
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN-13
- 9780812577518
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Way of the Coyote, published in 2001 at 272 pages, is the third Texas Rangers novel, continuing Rusty Shannon's story as the frontier around him shifts from Comanche raids toward the range wars and rustling of the Reconstruction era.
Key facts about The Way of the Coyote
The Way of the Coyote is a novel by Elmer Kelton. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 272 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Way of the Coyote. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780812577518 to find the main one.
The Way of the Coyote is book 3 of 9 in the Texas Rangers series. The series has 9 published books. However, the series starts with The Buckskin Line (1999).
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 Way of the Coyote is book 3 in the Texas Rangers series. It follows Badger Boy. It is followed by Ranger's Trail. 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 9780812577518