Texas Showdown

Two novels by seven-time Spur winner Elmer Kelton about his home, west Texas, have been released in one volume. In the first novel, titled Pecos Crossing, a pair of mentally-challenged cowpokes blunder into one unbelievable scrape after another while attempting to force their unscrupulous employer into paying their back wages. Yet this 1964 reprint lacks the hard-edged characterizations and passionate storyline Kelton readers have come to expect. The second novel, Shotgun, is another 1960s re