About this book
Published in 1972 at 291 pages, "Wagontongue" 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 Wagontongue
Wagontongue is a book by Elmer Kelton. Readers have had it since 1972. It runs to 291 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Wagontongue. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780875651651 to find the main one.
Elmer Kelton has 52 books in our catalogue. 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).
Before this one, The Day the Cowboys Quit came out in 1971. After it came The Time It Never Rained in 1973. Since then, our list has added 39 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 9780875651651