Sandhills Boy. The Winding Trail Of A Texas Writer

ELMER KELTON

Publication: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2007, New York

First edition. 8vo. Boards, titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine, 252 pp., prologue, illustrated from photographs, afterword. A memoir that recounts the author's childhood and early adulthood in the Texas Panhandle and the experiences that shaped his development as a writer. Growing up during the Great Depression, Kelton describes life in the Sandhills region, where hard work, ranching, and close ties to the land defined daily existence. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.