Manhunters (Texas Tradition) [Hardcover]

Elmer Kelton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Texas Tradition | Publication Date: October 1994

Working faithfully for a Texas rancher despite his family's warnings, Chacho Fernandez steals his payment when his dishonest employer refuses to compensate him and is falsely accused of murdering a lawman. Reprint.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Kelton's 1974 novel is based on the story of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican fugitive who was the object of the largest manhunt in Texas history. With a film of Kelton's The Good Old Boys currently in production, his star may be on the rise.
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From Booklist

Kelton has long been one of the most prolific and dependable of western writers. In this reprint of a 1974 paperback original, he adapts the true-life escapades of Mexican legend Gregorio Cortez, whose flight from a massive manhunt around the turn of the century became a symbol of strained Mexican-American relations in Texas. Kelton renames his protagonist but keeps the outline of the Cortez story. It begins, essentially, with a young horseman named Fernandez shooting a lawman during a misunderstanding. Fernandez takes off, eluding the most massive manhunt (at times, more than 300 men) in Texas history. There are dusty Tex-Mex similarities to The Fugitive. But Fernandez is not innocent; justifiably or not, he did shoot the sheriff. On the other hand, his pursuers are not all honorable men. Racism hovers over every element of the story. Kelton's morality play poses daunting ethical questions while providing edge-of-the-seat suspense. Wes Lukowsky

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 196 pages
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press (October 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875651321
• ISBN-13: 978-0875651323
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,988,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elmer Kelton of San Angelo, Texas is a native Texan and author of over 50 Western novels. He has won many awards for his work and has been recognized as the Greatest Western Writer of all time by the Western Writers of America, Inc. He is the author of Forge's Texas Ranger series.