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Elmer Kelton

Features

True Grit

Once upon a time, before the pundits and the politicians hijacked it for their nefarious ends, “cowboy” wasn’t a dirty word. The lifestyle and worldview it suggested was seen as completely in line with the very finest Texas values: hard work, independence, honesty, decency, valor. For the sake of today’s generation of ranch hands and cattlemen, it’s high time we steal it back. July 2008

Bone Dry

From water rationing to stricken crops, the current drought may be as devastating as the one in the early fiftiesÑthe time it never rained. July 1996

My Favorite Place

What do the city of Lubbock, a defunct restaurant, and a submerged neighborhood have in common? They’re all places in somebody’s heart. May 1989

Columns | Miscellany

Having a Cow

Beyond Beef blames cattle for the decline of civilization—not to mention famine, pestilence, destruction, and death. April 1992

Reporter

Twin Wells

Chapter One: “A Stranger Comes to Town” January 2008