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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherTCU Press
ISBN-100875652638
ISBN-139780875652634
eBay Product ID (ePID)2232565
Product Key Features
Book TitleHonor at Daybreak
Number of Pages398 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicWesterns
GenreFiction
AuthorElmer Kelton
Book SeriesTexas Tradition Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-054843
ReviewsHonor at Daybreak is richly authentic, deephearted, and engrossing. Elmer Kelton is an authentic American voice, and this is a terrific read. - John Jakes
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number32
Afterword byRoach, Joyce Gibson
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisCaprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there's frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life--in good and not-so-good ways. The town of Caprock is loosely based on Crane in West Texas, where Kelton grew up, although Crane did not exist until the oil boom. Honor at Daybreak represents a departure for Kelton. There is no single dominant figure. Although Sheriff Buckalew represents a quiet strength that binds his town together, this is a book in which an entire community joins together to save itself., Caprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune; some are honest folk, but too many are two-bit swindlers. This is the story of how an entire community draws together to save itself.