A Texas Elegy

When new methods and new technology threaten a way of life Whit Rutherford and his small band of Rocking R Cowboys fight back as best they can. They lose the battle, of course, but it was a grand fight, and great fun to watch. Now there's nothing left but to voice an elegy for a Texas that can never live again except in our memories and in our imagination.

Elmer Kelton, recognized as today's most honored western writer, said this about A Texas Elegy: "I found it entertaining and also a bit moving. Characters are well drawn and that to me is the most important thing. The part about the wife who doesn't understand gives the story extra poignancy and a tragic aspect that lingers."

Pulitzer Price nominee, Harvey Stanbrough wrote in a poem, "Great Expectations," about A Texas Elegy:

" How grandly you spoke of love but never used
the word itself, citing instead our need
for fond remembrances, for memories,
for constancy, for solace in these times
when all we've known is changing and when all
around us moves so quickly to the grave."

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