Barbed Wire

By Elmer Kelton

Book Overview

Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs. Monahan's fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school open range baron of the huge R Cross spread. With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent work, Rinehart wages a barbed wire war against Doug Monahan. And neither side takes prisoners

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765348942
• ISBN13: 9780765348944
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.4" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Ranchers and Farmers Don't Mix

Barbed Wire is a tale of range war between some farmers and one rancher, Captain Andrew Rinehart whose ranch encompassed nearly the entire county. And this challenge to his domain was not going to be easy to overcome by Doug Monahan who was broke and took the farmer's money, and who was not about to let the likes of Rinehart or his guns scare him before he finished the job....A Traditional Western at its best by one of the best, Elmer Kelton.

Really great story

Elmer Kelton is one of the best writers I have ever read.Pick it up you won't lay it down

BARBED WIRE IS TO THE POINT!!!

Have read several books by Elmer Kelton and have enjoyed them all. This one is no exception. It is about Doug Monahan and the stringing of barbed wire in Texas when it was not popular. He is fought by Andrew Rinehart who has been there a long time and has always done everything like he wanted. It is time for change and Monahan is determined to make it happen. There are the usual fights, and action along the way. I am guessing that things like this actually happen at that time. The book will keep you interested. Monahan does not run when threatened and he will stand on his own. Heis joined by others in his fight.