Elmer Kelton

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He liked to think that Heaven was what each person wanted it to be. He could see no future in lying around on a fluffy white cloud and listening to somebody playing on a harp, a picture of Heaven he had seen numerous times in one form or another. Even if it was that way, his personal preference would have run more to the fiddle.
- Elmer Kelton
Collection: Music
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A little honest swearin' wipeth away anger and bringeth peace to the soul.
- Elmer Kelton
Collection: Soul
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Joaquin Jackson's frank and colorful account of his long career as a modern-day Texas Ranger thrills like an action novel, yet the stories are true, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, but always gripping. I could hardly put the book down. . . .The writing is superb.
- Elmer Kelton
Collection: Book
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The Time It Never Rained was inspired by actual events, when the longest and most severe drought in living memory pressed ranchers and farmers to the outer limits of courage and endurance.
- Elmer Kelton
Collection: Memories
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I just write whenever I can.
- Elmer Kelton
Collection: Writing