tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post877118978145188880..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Elmer Kelton, R. I. P.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73095059072748274092009-08-23T16:36:00.321-05:002009-08-23T16:36:00.321-05:00We will all miss Elmer Kelton. Not only was he a ...We will all miss Elmer Kelton. Not only was he a gifted writer, he was one of nicest persons I've ever met.<br />He had no ego (a man who received numerous - and well deserved - awards), but he always exhibited kindness and consideration to everyone. <br /><br />HopeHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15719909350562773501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-56766552490493381532009-08-23T08:46:58.936-05:002009-08-23T08:46:58.936-05:00I've read Elmer Kelton's work for decades....I've read Elmer Kelton's work for decades. The man was a gifted writer. I hope to read every book he ever wrote.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-31675463354866250302009-08-22T19:41:21.777-05:002009-08-22T19:41:21.777-05:00Sad news indeed. Bill, thank you for the posting.Sad news indeed. Bill, thank you for the posting.Richard Proschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08314680709014254183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-3632303773588612752009-08-22T18:56:19.983-05:002009-08-22T18:56:19.983-05:00There is something in this that is searingly beaut...There is something in this that is searingly beautiful. He rose to become the finest novelist of the West of all time. And yet he spent a lifetime as an agricultural journalist, with the Goat and Sheep Raisers magazine, and the Livestock Journal, continuing with his sweaty daily work until his retirement. He supported a wife and family all his life, never abandoning his secure living for the glamour--and treachery--of a life as a novelist. There was, in this humble sensibility and humility, a greatness almost beyond our fathoming.<br /><br />Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-90966621350746533702009-08-22T18:03:55.258-05:002009-08-22T18:03:55.258-05:00I've started reading him recently and I wish I...I've started reading him recently and I wish I'd started decades ago.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-83557379351358189622009-08-22T17:15:29.315-05:002009-08-22T17:15:29.315-05:00Amen to that, Rick.Amen to that, Rick.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-61587412362548657912009-08-22T17:01:25.478-05:002009-08-22T17:01:25.478-05:00This one hurts. Elmer was a true Texas gentleman ...This one hurts. Elmer was a true Texas gentleman and one of the greatest writers of his generation, western or not. He will be missed.<br /><br />RickRick Klawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09336520875214427738noreply@blogger.com