The Buckskin Line tells of Texas' chaotic early years, when a ragtag group of irregular volunteers fought to defend the far edges of settlement from incursion by Indians and frontier outlaws. In time, they would become known as the Texas Rangers....

In The Far Canyon, Kelton masterfully unveils for his listener the finality of the buffalo’s demise, the beginning of a time when cattle would replace the American bison on the Southern plains and ultimately end the Plains Indian culture....

In the 1870s, buffalo hunters moved onto the High Plains of Texas. The Plains Indians watched hunters slaughter the animals that gave them shelter and clothing, food, and weapons....

Hewey Calloway and his kid brother Walter head for West Texas - hoping to live their cowboy dream....

Nearly 70, Wes Hendricks has led a tough and colorful life as a cowboy and broncobuster, and all he asks now is that he be left alone on his poor, hardscrabble ranch in the West Texas hill country. Not a chance....

In the Texas backlands in 1885, 12-year-old Joey Shipman's father dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing him to live with his stepmother and Blair Meacham, a hanger-on at the farm. Soon, the boy runs away and joins forces with his only kin - Beau Shipman, a drunk and a jailbird....

Cowboy Hewey Calloway loves to ride the open range like a solitary sailor on an endless sea....

For decades, Charlie Flagg has eked out a living by raising cattle and sheep on his Texas ranch. But as rainless years continue, Charlie finds himself under increasing pressure....

Hewey Calloway may be pushing 45, but he can still rope and outride most things on four legs....

Frontier mobster Big Boy Daugherty warns any who'd stand in his way: Get out or die. One man will do neither....