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Sons of Texas

by Elmer Kelton

The Sons of Texas series by Elmer Kelton has 3 books and is best read in publication order, starting with Sons of Texas (1989).

Books
3 books
First published
1989
Status
completed
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Start here: Sons of Texas (1989) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Sons of Texas (1989)

Reading order

The order the books were released — the default way to read the series.

  1. Sons of Texas

    Novel

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  2. The Raiders: Sons of Texas

    Novel

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  3. The Rebels: Sons of Texas

    Novel

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About the Sons of Texas series

The Sons of Texas trilogy follows the Lewis family -- brothers Andrew, Michael, and James, and their sister Annie -- as American settlers and Mexican authorities in Texas move from uneasy coexistence toward the revolution that would create the Republic of Texas in the mid-1830s. Elmer Kelton wrote all three books; they were originally published under the house pseudonym Tom Early, a franchise byline the publisher later continued with further Sons of Texas installments by other, unrelated writers.

Kelton's three books have since been reissued under his own name and are the only entries in the wider Tom Early franchise that this catalogue attributes to him.

Frequently asked questions

Did Elmer Kelton write the whole Sons of Texas series?

He wrote the first three books (the core trilogy catalogued here). The publisher continued the franchise afterward under the same Tom Early house name with further books by other writers (Frank Roderus, Will C. Knott, James Reasoner), which are not Kelton's work and are excluded here.

Why was it originally published as by "Tom Early"?

Tom Early was a shared house pseudonym the publisher used across the whole franchise, not a personal Kelton alter ego; his three books have since been reissued under his own name.

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