The Time It Never Rained
In the 1950s, West Texas suffered the longest drought in the memory of most men then living. By that time, Charlie Flagg, the central character of this novel, was one of a dying breed of men who wrested their living from the harsh land of West Texas. The struggle made them fiercely independent, a trait personified in Charlie's persistence throughout the seven dry years, his refusal to accept defeat, his opposition to federal aid programs and their inevitable bureaucratic regulations, his determination to stay on the land he loves and respects even as he suffers with that land. Charlie is by no means the typical cowboy hero. Self-sufficient, c…
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Weitere Autoren: Pilkington, Tom (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-912646-91-6
- EAN: 9780912646916
- Produktnummer: 17153784
- Verlag: Texas Christian Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1984
- Seitenangabe: 378 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B15.9 cm x D3.2 cm 803 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 2
- Gewicht: 803
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Elmer Kelton is the author of over thirty novels set in the West and the recipient of awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Western Writers of America, the Western Literature Association, and others.
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