For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. In the back of another pickup waited two Border Collie sheepdogs, resting but alert-eyed, watching a farmer pull up in a bobtail truck with two big tractor tires and several sacks of planting seed. The Time It Never Rained Charlie Flag is a Texas rancher living through a devastating drought, helpless in the depletion of his livestock and the devastation of his once healthy land. Never sticks his hard head into my office. I did read it then, and have recently reread it. He had sent out five hundred postcards announcing the meeting; this looked like about all the crowd he was going to get. Another great book from Elmer Kelton. "Well, I'll be damned. "—Elmer Kelton Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. You ought to hear him snort. The deputy, who probably did not swing a leg across a horse's back twice a year, was dressed in a neatly tailored Western shirt and tight-legged cowboy pants, shiny high-heeled boots and a nicely creased Stetson hat. There was a problem loading your book clubs. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”. Modern municipal mains provided purer water for drinking and cooking, but most of the older generation clung to wells for yards and gardens and trees. Captain ... Dead Reckoning and The Last Chance are two historical novels of murder and revenge from ... Dead Reckoning and The Last Chance are two historical novels of murder and revenge from You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Among his awards have been seven Spurs from Western Writers of America and four Western Heritage awards from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Then ending I totally did not expect, either. Severe climate changes, water shortages, rural-to-urban migration, immigrant issues and more all come to the forefront in this epic tale. If one thing set the town apart, it was probably the treespale-green mesquites and massive, gnarled live oaks, rustling cottonwoods and shady pecans, watered by a hundred windmills whose towers stood tall above a timid skyline. Here he sold his freedom bit by bit, and was paid for it on the installment plan. Although Charlie never loses his dignity and never quits, he does not win out in the end. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, "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. Product Information" 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." Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. He cursed under his breath. The name meant nothing to the supervisor. The central character is Charlie Flag, a tough old rancher from a bygone era who refuses to take government aid to survive the drought. I realized that younger generations in my family have no understanding of what their grandfather/great-grandfather endured to save the ranch for them. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Afterword by Tom Pilkington. In Bitter Trail, Kelton tells the story of a tough teamster named Frio Wheeler whose Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Nicholson motioned toward the door. He writes fine novels set in the West. Rain could be the correct understanding of “things not yet seen,” or it could be referring to the Flood in general. His first novel, Hot Iron, was published in 1956. I've read this book at least 4 times. He grew up on a ranch near Crane, Texas, and earned a journalism degree from the University of Texas. He's standing still while time goes on by. With Hot Iron and The Time It Never Rained, this omnibus by legendary Western writer Elmer Kelton offers two complete novels of the American West at one low price . Pike gripped Flagg's shoulder, then walked on into the courtroom. ...one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page.” Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee on The Time It Never Rained, “The Time It Never Rained is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. ", Nicholson walked down the aisle and out into the hallway to see if there were any laggards. Flagg started to turn away. To cranky Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a battle that he must fight on his own grounds. "You're preachin' again, Charlie," he grinned, "and this ain't even church. If you ever want to know what it's REALLY like to be a rancher living in tough times, this is the book for you. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. When Texas Ranger private Andy Pickard is assigned to help patrol the Texas-Mexico border country "Elmer Kelton. Here he came for price support and to receive checks to help him pay for terraces and water-spreading, for water wells and surface tanks, for battling back the prickly pear and thorny mesquite. Horse droppings had tumbled over the tailgate and onto the ground; Nicholson would have to use his shovel tonight. "Meetin'? I couldn't put the book down. And his protagonist Charlie Flagg, while not without his flaws, is a deeply admirable man. "You'll find, Mister Nicholson, that ranchers are contrary people. You're payin' the freight anyway.". The Time It Never Rained (Hardcover) Published January 1st 1984 by Texas Christian University Press. In addition to his novels, Kelton worked as an agricultural journalist for 42 years, and served in the infantry in World War II. ", "Someday he'll just be a ragged individualist. "What I can't do for myself, I'll do without. Unable to add item to List. Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2013. He paused to spit a long stream of brown tobacco juice at a hallway cuspidor, getting most of it in. There was a lesson in this somewhere, the supervisor thought; someday he was going to reason it out. His battle with an unfathomable foe is the stuff of epics and legends. Here a reader meets flesh-and-blood people of an earlier time, in a story that will grab and hold you from the first to the last page.” ―Dee Brown, author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee on The Time It Never Rained“The Time It Never Rained is not just one of the best novels ever written by a Texan. Many ranchers were forced to sell out. "—Elmer Kelton, Seven-time Spur Award-winning author Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. Charlie Flagg is Crank Number One.". It's a story of sticking to your principles in times of hardship and of taking care of yourself. The rancher, probably on horseback half his waking hours, wore a nondescript straw hat beaten badly out of shape and a pair of old black boots, his baggy khaki trousers stuffed carelessly into their tops. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers The rich man was as likely to be wearing patched trousers and runover boots as the most destitute Mexican cowboy in town. Long before anyone had heard of online shopping or even personal computers for that matter, I had a favorite bookstore, the largest in Chicago, part of a local chain. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. In the early days of the Texas panhandle, starting a new life is hard, but keeping it is even harder. And Rio Seco, meaning "dry river" in Spanish, symbolizes the biggest enemy of the ranchers and farmers in 1950s Texas, an enemy they can't control: drought. Most people wouldn't quit takin' it now. "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. Forged from Kelton's 1950s observations of drought-ravaged West Texas, this compelling novel tells the story of one rancher's struggle to maintain his independence despite the swirling winds of change. Refusing the questionable "assistance" of federal aid programs and their bureaucratic regulations, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains againif it ever rains again. The town long ago had made its growth and found its natural level. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. They sent me a call for jury duty and I got a shearin' crew comin' tomorrow. For the farmer, business focused on the same bank, the cotton gin and a small grain elevator with twin steel tubes that stood taller than anything else in town except the sun-catching silver water tower emblazoned with crudely painted red letters: SRS '51. Many of the older rock homes had a no-nonsense squared-off solidity the Germans had brought from their original settlements in the Pedernales River section of the hill country. For the ranchman, business centered around Emmett Rodale's old stone bank and Jim Sweet's feedstore-wool warehouse, a long, cool, cavernous building of concrete tile. "—Elmer Kelton, Seven-time Spur Award-winning author Rio Seco was too small t… As in all good westerns, he lives by a code, and he'll succeed or fail, live or die, by that code. Like most of them, Rio Seco had old roots. Some interpret Hebrews 11:7 as saying it had never rained prior to the Flood: “By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. Some people you can't change; you just have to outlive them. ", The supervisor frowned, watching the rancher go through an open door. He's one of those old mosshorns who thinks he made it all by himself and he doesn't need anybody. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. He writes fine novels set in the West. Find The Time It Never Rained by Kelton, Elmer at Biblio. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. "I come up huntin' the judge. Good look at REAL rancher life in hard times, Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013. With entire livelihoods pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush whole enterprises, to determine who stands and falls, and to rob workers and their families of food. Consequently, I have purchased copies for each of them and hope they may gain a greater appreciation of their heritage by reading it. I really did forget this.was fiction. Highly recommend! Story is set near the Texas-Mexico border in the 50s. Across the railroad tracks, beyond roads dusty from passage of livestock trucks on their way to the shipping pens, lay the Mexican part of townageless adobes and small frame shacks, and a fair number of modern GI houses built since the war. "They change the farm program the way I change socks. Wer einen Western sucht,sollte sein Geld sparen. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2016. Parts of it could be the story of my childhood during the great seven year drouth in southwest Texas in the 50s, Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2018. Elmer Kelton's "The Time It Never Rained" absolutely accurately portrays ranch life in the 50s, the drought, and the effects on all who lived through it. --Elmer Kelton Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. He limped down the hall toward the office of the county judge. Everything was just right. Elmer Kelton's "elegy" to the end of the classic Texas rancher is set in west Texas, west of San Angelo, in the fictional town of Rio Seco. ", A short, stocky ranchman came up the stairs in time to catch the last of it. ", Nicholson saw that the postcard in Flagg's pocket was not the one he had mailed. That was it, two authors. "No trouble ... or anything else. It always irritated him the way people parked haphazardly around the courthouse curb, ignoring the town ordinances, if indeed there were any. " 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. Please try again. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. He died in 2009. "Mister Flagg, when I sent you that card I had no hope you would actually come to the meeting. American West from renowned, seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer KeltonEach of Elmer Kelton’s superb stories of the West showcase the strength and power western spirit. by Elmer Kelton. I was a teenager during this period and fully understood the great stress, both emotionally and financially, caused to my parents and my community. "There's plenty of room, Mister Flagg.". By Elmer Kelton. There in round, well-packed jute bags wedged between steel poles and stacked nearly to the high ceiling lay stored the gray-white fleeces that for three generations had been a cornerstone of Rio Seco's economy. The Time It Never Rained To the ranchers and farmers of 1950s Texas, man’s greatest enemy is one he can’t control. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Them as did would go right on payin' the same old taxes and not get nothin' back. The Day the Cowboys Quit (Texas Tradition Series), Butcher's Crossing (New York Review Books Classics), The Good Old Boys (Texas Tradition Series), Bitter Trail and Barbed Wire: Two Complete Novels, Hanging Judge and Bowie's Mine: Two Complete Novels of the American West, Stand Proud and Eyes of the Hawk: Two Complete Novels of the American West. I didn't go to preach, but he asked me and I told him. https://freshessay.net/essays/book-review/the-time-it-never-rained Across the street under a live-oak tree, half blocking the driveway to Nicholson's rented home, stood a pickup truck with a Hereford cow tied in the sideboarded bed and a saddled horse in an open-topped trailer hitched behind it. For Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent, and cantankerous Texas rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is … Squeezed out by discounters, the store, and the entire business went belly up about twenty years ago, when Amazon had barely been born. Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2021. Title: The Time It Never Rained (Chisholm Trail Series) Author(s): Elmer Kelton ISBN: 0-912646-91-8 / 978-0-912646-91-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Texas Christian University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Hot Iron. He said, "One of those rugged individualists, isn't he? A man can get awfully lonesome standing out there all by himself. "Somehow, I hope he never does. ", Rounder Pike laid a rough hand on Flagg's shoulder. Although a years-long drought is a catalyst to the story, The Time It Never Rained is also a familial tale, a story of the relationship between Mexican immigrants and the Texas rancher, and an insightful representation of ranching life. "Never is an awful long time." ", "Then I'd simply forget about him if I were you. ", Flagg's gaze was steady and without compromise. In this part of the country it was often hard to tell the rich man from the poor one by looking at him. He just knows too much, too deeply, for that not to be the case. Three other novels, City: The Time It Never Rained, The Good Old Boys, and The Man Who Rode Midnight, have received Western Heritage Awards from the National Cowboy & … One could not afford to put up a front and the other did not have to. 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 For a man who has often turned his face to the hot breath of drouth, the sight of a windmill towerits big steel fan clanking patiently and pumping up water clear and coolsomehow reaches deep and touches something in his soul. To cranky Charlie Flagg, an honest, decent rancher, the drought of the early 1950s is a battle that he must fight on his own grounds. Two small brown-faced boys sat on a forebearing Mexican burro, their black eyes alive with curiosity as they watched an older brother tuning the motor of a hotrod. --Elmer Kelton. "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. Charlie Flagg is one of those operators in the middle ground ... smaller than a lot of them. Kelton was a master of words, his style is so rich and yet understated. My father was a rancher in West Texas during this terrible drought, and was one of a few who managed to hang onto the land. The old and the new stood side by side in sharp contrast: a wrinkled, ancient Mexican working up adobe bricks out of straw and mud in a barefoot method known to the fathers of his grandfathers, while next door a three-man crew with electric saws cut raw lumber for a new frame house. The 1950s drought is a major character asserting itself, maliciously and unceasingly, throughout the book. Nicholson's baleful eye was pulled away from the horse droppings by a brush-scarred green pickup pulling into an open parking space. He is courageous and self-sufficient but as real as his harsh and unforgiving West Texas home country. Really enjoying this book (though saguaro cactus as pictured on the cover does not grow in Texas.) This story is very personal to me and my family. Before you can get your meetin' over with, they'll be callin' you from Washington to tell you it's all different. I'm sure I will reread this book and that doesn't happen very often with me. But he'll be in to see me one of these days. Charlie Flagg, among the strongest of Elmer Kelton's memorable creations, is no pasteboard hero. The store had a category of books it called "Men's Adventure," all paperbacks, and populated by the books of two authors, Louis L'Amour and somebody named William Johnstone, who wrote the Man Mountain books. Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. But it was actually very compelling once I started it. "No, not rich. The Time It Never Rained. Is he somebody special?". With entire livelihoods pegged on the chance of a wet year or a dry year, drought has the ability to crush whole enterprises, to determine who stands and falls, and to … Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. It had been born out of necessity, a trading place for sprawling cow outfits, for scattered sheep camps and industrious German dryland farmers who had come west with their wagons, their plows, and a compulsive will to build something. Nicholson shook his head. Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2015. Something went wrong. To an impatient motorist hunting a cooler place to light before dark, these dusty little towns are all cut from the same tiresome pattern and, despite the signboard, a long way from heaven. The part-time volunteer, elected because no one else wanted the job, made his living selling an independent brand of gasoline two cents under the majors though he bought it from the same tank truck that serviced half the stations in town. His battle with an unfathomable foe is the stuff of epics and legends. ", The supervisor said, "He's gone out of style, but theworld will be a poorer place when it loses the last of his kind. Just to think about what a rancher went through during this drought--Kelton really makes you feel it. He watched a heavy, graying ranchman step out of the pickup and limp up the concrete sidewalk toward the front steps of the courthouse. I did read it then, and have recently reread it. Please try your request again later. Rio Seco was too small to afford a professional manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. Kelton is almost like James Michener; you know he's basing this book on real-life events and real people he knew. Answer. Please try again. https://www.amazon.com/Time-Never-Rained-Elmer-Kelton/dp/0765360586 RIO SECO WAS TOO SMALL TO AFFORD A PROFESSIONAL manager for its one-room Chamber of Commerce. ", Charlie Flagg turned, a little embarrassed. A year ago ... For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. he rides directly into a deadly feud. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He is courageous and self-sufficient but as real as his harsh and unforgiving West Texas home country. Says the government didn't help him when he was getting started and he doesn't need it now. In the second floor of the rock-fronted courthouse was a room which in recent years had emerged as another important economic fact of life: the county office of the federal PMA. This cattle, sheep, and farming town was much the same as fifty others dotted along the interminable east-west highways which speed traffic across the great monotonous stretches of western Texas ranch country. This is how Elmer Kelton’s superb Texas novel, “The Time It Never Rained,” begins. The Time It Never Rained. The book tells the story of a West Texas rancher in the 1950s who struggles through years of drought to maintain his farm on his own without sacrificing his values or independence. Life still depended on two fundamentals: crops planted by the hand of man and grass planted by the hand of God. Refusing the questionable "assistance" of federal aid programs and their bureaucratic regulations, Charlie and his family struggle to make the ranch survive until the time it rains again―if it ever rains again. He had a great ear for dialogue. When the book was first published, I knew of many who did not want to read it because the drought had been just too painful to relive. The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton (1973) drouth |drou noun dialect or poetic form of drought . You've seen that sign on the edge of town, the one about the three old cranks? Here the man of the land came to declare his crop acreage, his past year's plantings. The story is based around actual events - specifically, the Texas drought of the early 1950s - which the author experienced both as a friend and relative of ranchers and as a reporter for the ranching industry. "Hello, Rounder. Nicholson shoved his hand forward. When the drought breaks, it has lasted too long and he is too old. Most of the Anglos were addicted to Mexican food, and most of the Mexicans loved football, but these were superficial things. wagons haul cotton from Texas to Mexico.Sounds like a peaceable enterprise?The problem is that the Civil War is raging throughout the South and Wheeler's cotton ... For Gage Jameson, the summer of 1873 has been a poor hunt. he guessed. Elmer Kelton's "The Time It Never Rained" absolutely accurately portrays ranch life in the 50s, the drought, and the effects on all who lived through it. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The supervisor watched the ranchman pause on the front steps to swap howdies with a deputy sheriff. What meetin'? It's a fine story of self reliance. His district supervisor pushed to his feet from a chair in the courtroom's jury box where he had slouched to read a copy of the morning San Angelo paper. In 1875, nearly forty years after the Mexican War, Mexicans and Texans are still spilling Here he was told how much land he would be allowed to seed in cotton, in grain sorghums, in whatever other crops might be under federal control. It's a story of the love of the land and of changing times. Great read for all ages. He saw Charlie Flagg come up the steps, laboring a little because of a slightly game leg. Oil companies had come and punched their holes and found them dry. They would actually use flamethrowers to burn the spines off of prickly pear cacti so that their cows could eat them and not starve to death. And Rio Seco, meaning "dry river" in Spanish, symbolizes the biggest enemy of the ranchers and farmers in 1950s Texas, an enemy they can't control: drought. He saw nothing which made that man lookdifferent from the couple of dozen stockmen and farmers already gossiping in the courtroom. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. ", "I pity him, a little. It is one of the treasures of American literature...” ―John Erickson, author of The Devil in Texas and the "Hank the Cowdog" series“...one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century.” ―Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction on The Time It Never Rained. For some reason, the way that this book is described, with the main character's refusal to accept government help, really just doesn't sound all that interesting to me. Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2017. ", Nicholson sagged a little. There wasn't a lot of demand for western novelists in the City of Big Shoulders, I guess. The Time It Never Rained. The Time It Never Rained helped convince the Western Writers of America to declare seven-time Spur Award-winner Elmer Kelton the greatest Western writer of all time. Sometimes I wish I was selling cars in San Antonio. His novel The Good Old Boys was made into a television film starring Tommy Lee Jones. "It's frustrating," he complained. It is one of the treasures of American literature...” John Erickson, author of The Devil in Texas and the "Hank the Cowdog" series, “...one of the dozen or so best novels written by an American in this century.” Jon Tuska, editor of The American West in Fiction on The Time It Never Rained. 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