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Type
Physical Book
Author
Epilogue by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
377
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23x15x2.6 cm
Weight
0.61 kg.
ISBN
9780912646893
ISBN13
9780912646893
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the time it never rained

Elmer Kelton (Author) · Tom Pilkington (Epilogue by) · Texas Christian University Press · Paperback

the time it never rained - Kelton, Elmer ; Pilkington, Tom

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Synopsis "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, courageous, with a strong sense of right and wrong, he is also old and overweight, a thoroughly believable human being who has trouble communicating with the wife who loyally struggles to keep life in its pattern, the son who has no feel for the land but yearns for the rodeo circuit, the Mexican family who has worked for him for years and whose help he can no longer afford. Although Charlie never loses his dignity and never quits, he does not win out in the end. When the drought breaks, it has lasted too long and he is too old. There is no surprise ending to this story, no magical solution to the harsh realities of life in West Texas. The reading of this novel lies not in what happens next but in the unfolding depth of a strong character and the clear picture of a time and a place.

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