This year’s winner is “The Coyote Tracker” by Larry D. Sweazy “Rio Tinto” by Michael Zimmer and “The Nations” by Farmer and Stienke. In the fiction category, the final three nominees are “The Coyote Tracker” by Larry D. The titles of many of his writing awards are painted along the bottom of the mural, but the Western Writers of America pretty well summed them all up by voting Elmer Kelton the “greatest western writer of all time” in 1995.-The Academy of Western Artists is proud to announce the finalists for the 2013 Elmer Kelton Book Awards for Western Fiction and Non Fiction. The mural's windmill, colorful skies, and cowboys punching cattle through the prickly pear and rough terrain are the same as the word-pictures that Kelton drew so often in his newspaper and magazine articles.Īmong his most celebrated novels are "The Time It Never Rained" (1973), "The Man Who Rode Midnight" (1987), "Buffalo Wagons" (1957) and "The Good Old Boys" (1978), which was adapted for a television movie starring Tommy Lee Jones in 1995. Usually writing in the evening, Kelton worked day jobs for 15 years as farm and ranch writer-editor for the San Angelo Standard-Times, five years as editor of Sheep and Goat Raiser Magazine, and 22 years as associate editor of Livestock Weekly, from which he retired in 1990. The buffalo soldiers, bronc-riding cowboy and Indian hunting buffalo painted in this mural reflect the reality of life as described in so many of Kelton's books. He is drawn into the army and soon becomes locked in a battle with a Comanche warrior. In one story, "The Wolf and the Buffalo," freed slave Gideon Ledbetter finds himself with no land, no money, and no means to make a living. Living in San Angelo, Kelton knew much about the Fort Concho Buffalo Soldiers and wrote specifically about them in his books. The Company A badge represents the nine-book "Texas Rangers" saga that he wrote featuring two young Texas Rangers, Rusty Shanahan and Andy Pickard. Kelton used his personal typewriter for many manuscripts, but did use a word processor and computer for his more recent works. There could be several other stacks of books, too – including the series "Tales of Texas" (three books), "Texas Traditions" (nine books) and "Sons of Texas" (three books), as well as five compilations of short stories and 13 non-fiction books. In this mural, 14 of his books, "Hot Iron" (1956) through "Texas Standoff" (2010), are stacked high between an old typewriter and a Texas Ranger's badge. The author of more than 50 western novels, Kelton attributed his interest in cowboys and western writing to his family's rich ranching history. He is buried in Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens in San Angelo. Kelton lived and worked in San Angelo, Texas, until his death on Aug. They married in 1947 and had two sons, Gary and Steve, and one daughter, Kathy. He met Anna Lipp during the post-war occupation of Linz, Austria, where he ran the Displaced Person's Office. Kelton earned two Bronze Star medals, the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Victory Ribbon, Army of Occupation Ribbon and two Overseas Service Bars while assigned to Company G of the 104th Infantry. Army, 1944-46, including combat infantry service in Europe. He attended the University of Texas at Austin in 1942-48, earning a B.A. He grew up on the McElroy Ranch in Andrews County, Texas, and graduated from Crane High School in 1942. Kelton was born on April 29, 1926, the first of four sons born to his parents, Buck and Bea Kelton. Painted by Stylle Read, the focal point of this mural is Kelton’s portrait that is much like the popular photograph on the writer’s website homepage. This mural celebrates the life of the well-known San Angelo writer of western novels, Elmer Stephen Kelton. Home About Us Awards Contact Us Donate Murals Other Projects Links
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