{"product_id":"honor-at-daybreak-volume-32-paperback","title":"Honor at Daybreak: Volume 32 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElmer Kelton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoyce Gibson Roach\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaprock, Texas, is a sleepy cow town until oil is discovered in the 1920s. Suddenly thousands of people stream in to find their fortune. Some are honest folk like Elise and Victor Underwood, who pray for a little luck with their daily bread. But too many are two-bit swindlers. And then there's frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty. Sheriff Dave Buckalew faces a whole different set of circumstances as his town springs to life--in good and not-so-good ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The town of Caprock is loosely based on Crane in West Texas, where Kelton grew up, although Crane did not exist until the oil boom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHonor at Daybreak\u003c\/i\u003e represents a departure for Kelton. There is no single dominant figure. Although Sheriff Buckalew represents a quiet strength that binds his town together, this is a book in which an entire community joins together to save itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElmer Kelton is the author of almost forty novels and has won awards from the Western Writers of America, the Texas Institute of Letters, and the Western Literature Association. His most recent work is \u003ci\u003eBadger Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. Kelton and his wife make their home in San Angelo, Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoyce Gibson Roach is an author, columnist, folklorist, and three-time winner of the Spur Award from Western Writers of America.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.15 x 9.28 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759230779680,"sku":"9780875652634","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/25cf93117ff381efd9f647d2579fe0c3.webp?v=1780146208","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/honor-at-daybreak-volume-32-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}